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D.C. Perspective: Rod Adams for American Nuclear Society

October 4, 2010 by Joseph Koblich
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Nuclear loan guarantees and the “credit subsidy cost” By Rod Adams The elected representatives of the United States of America clearly intended to encourage nuclear energy development when they passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. That act included a financing mechanism specifically aimed at correcting what Congress had determined was a... [read more]

John Horgan, a Nuclear Energy Skeptic, Interviews Rod Adams for Blogginghead.tv

May 1, 2010 by Rod Adams
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A couple of weeks ago, Blogginghead.tv featured a conversation between John Horgan and George Johnson about nuclear energy. John expressed huge reservations about the technology, and George did not defend it very strongly. I contacted John Horgan and shared some thoughts about comments that he made during that discussion. He graciously... [read more]

A Naval officer’s “Atomic Insights”

January 22, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Rod Adams has not followed a typical career path: Formerly the chief engineer on a U.S. Navy submarine, he’s now a prominent blogger on nuclear power. Rod is well qualified to preside over Atomic Insights, the blog where he writes about energy supplies, technology and politics from an atomic point of view. For one thing, he knows nukes... [read more]

Exelon exits growth through acquisition strategy

November 2, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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CEO John Rowe tells WSJ focus is on earnings Over at Atomic Insights Rod Adams has a long piece in which he tries to figure out what Exelon’s John Rowe is really doing about the nuclear renaissance. Adams has some strong opinions about where Rowe and Exelon are going. Right now the paradox is that Exelon (NYSE:EXC), as the nation’s... [read more]

Clean Skies News Interviews Rod Adams About Nuclear Energy

August 21, 2009 by Rod Adams
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On August 21, 2009, Susan McGinnis of Clean Skies News invited me to come to the company's downtown Washington studio for an interview about nuclear energy. I enjoyed the opportunity to converse with some of the network's reporters - my car picked me up a few minutes earlier than absolutely needed - and then to sit down with Susan for a... [read more]

The future cost of nuclear power considered.

August 18, 2009 by Charles Barton
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Critics of nuclear power keep up a constantly attack focusing on the alleged cost of nuclear power. Recent critics have pointed to the cost of Canadian estimate of nuclear cost as proof that nuclear is too expensive. But such cost estimates are based on projections of the inflation in all power plant construction costs from 2002 to... [read more]