The Atomic Show

September 2007 - Posts

• The Atomic Show #070 - Lighting Arco, Idaho

  Ray Haroldsen tells the story of how BORAX III became the first US nuclear plant to supply electricity to a town. (MP3 - 19.1 MB - 55:16 M) Listen to Atomic Show #070 Here! In the fall of 1954, the US Atomic Energy Commission learned that the Soviet Union was planning to participate for the first time [...] Read More... Posted Sep 30 2007, 08:34 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, General

• The Atomic Show #069 - Ray Haroldsen, Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 stories

  Ray Haroldsen, back by popular demand, shares some more stories about his experiences on the technical team of the EBR-1, including some information about the results of the core melt that occurred in Nov 1955. (MP3 - 15.4 MB - 44:34 M) Listen to Atomic Show #069 Here! Last week, Ray Haroldsen shared some of his memories [...] Read More... Posted Sep 23 2007, 06:34 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, General

• The Atomic Show #068 - Ray Haroldsen, Atomic Tinkerer who has tested the limits

  Ray Haroldsen is an atomic pioneer who began working at the National Reactor Testing Station in January 1952. He talks today about his experiences with EBR 1 and the BORAX series of reactor experiments. (MP3 - 20.1 MB - 58:26 M) Listen to Atomic Show #068 Here! A good friend of mine contacted me recently and told [...] Read More... Posted Sep 15 2007, 09:43 PM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, General, Atomic history

• The Atomic Show #067 - Interview with Bob Bromm, Mechanical Engineer

  Bob Bromm is a professional mechanical engineer. He has recently been assigned to a new job with the team that has a contract to provide architect-engineering services for a two reactor ABWR for NRG. (MP3 - 15 MB - 43:18 M) Listen to Atomic Show #067 Here! As we have discussed on a number of occasions, the [...] Read More... Posted Sep 12 2007, 10:08 PM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, General, Atomic history

• The Atomic Vacation is over

  I have returned from a wonderfully relaxing and informative trip. My wife and I took a cruise up the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam and saw a lot of quaint villages, castles and a whole bunch of industry, coal barges and power plants. Once I get out from under the pile of email, snail [...] Read More... Posted Sep 05 2007, 03:11 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: General