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Fire2Fission Podcast

Mark Hinamanfire2fission.net
A podcast about energy dense fuels like oil, gas, and nuclear energy and how they better human lives.
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039 Meredith Angwin, Author of Shorting the Grid

Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, chats with Mark Hinaman about her journey in learning about the grid, demystifying it for herself, and writing a powerful book about it and some of its shortcomings. They discuss existing issues with electricity markets, the shortfalls of renewables, and the benefits of nuclear energy to the grid.

Oct 13, 202359 min

038 DJ LeClear, Radiation Protection Specialist

DJ LeClear chats with Mark Hinaman about his background and work as a radiation health physicist, the differences between radition dose, dosage, and units, the Linear No Threshold (LNT) hypothesis, and if modern radiation limits are appropriate.

Oct 11, 20231 hr 17 min

034 Jenifer Avellaneda aka Nuclear Hazelnut

Jenifer Avellaneda, aka @NuclearHazelnut on X, discusses with Mark Hinaman her discover of nuclear while growing up in Mexico, working in Vienna for the IAEA, her role as a probablistic risk assessment engineer at Westinghouse, and nuclear advocacy through twitter and other forums.

Sep 12, 202345 min

033 Mike Umbro, Partner at Premier Resource Management

Mike Umbro, an investment banker and oil-tycoon-turned-geothermal-entrepreneur, chats with Mark Hinaman about his project with Premier Resource Partners to build a long-term energy storage solution in existing oilfields in California.

Aug 30, 202352 min

025 Discussions on Energy and Networking (DEN Talks): Nuclear Energy & Opportunity Cost

Mark Hinaman hosts an informal and open discussion with engineers, salesmen, and non-profit advocates in the oil and gas industry in Denver. This discussion was recorded as part of the Denver chapter of Young Professionals in Energy's Discussion on Energy and Networking (DEN Talks) program. It's meant to have 10 to 20 minutes of a presenter speaking on a topic and allow for 40 to 60 minutes of dialogue and debate to follow. Mark discusses nuclear energy and the opportunity costs associated with ...

Aug 02, 20231 hr 7 min

024 Emmet Penney, Editor in Chief of Grid Brief and Host of Nuclear Barbarians

Emmet Penney, Editor in Chief of Grid Brief and Host of Nuclear Barbarians, talks to Mark Hinaman about the future of nuclear and his work in advocating for the industry. Watch the full video on YouTube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Emmet Penney: Crom’s blessing. What is Crom’s blessing for the future one. The […]

Jul 31, 202353 min

021 Ray Beck, Chairman of JOLT: Joint Organizations Leading Transition

Ray Beck chats with Mark Hinaman about his career as a lineman and a public servant in northwest Colorado, the Joint Organizations Leading Transition (JOLT) conference held on 6/2/2023, and the energy transition as coal plants close in Craig and Hayden Colorado.

Jul 14, 202349 min

020 Josh Payne, CEO of Black Mesa Advanced Fission

Josh Payne, CEO of Black Mesa Advanced Fission chats with Mark Hinaman about his career working at the Department of Energy National Labs, X-Energy, and his startup building a new nuclear fission reactor. Watch the full episode on Youtube and find the full transcript on the Fire2Fission website.

Jul 12, 202354 min

017 Liz Muller, CEO of Deep Isolation

Liz Muller chats with Mark Hinaman about Deep Isolation's strategy to utilize oil and gas technologies to develop storage systems for spent nuclear fuel.

Jul 06, 202347 min

016 Patrick White, Project Manager at Nuclear Innovation Alliance

Patrick White and Mark Hinaman chat about microreactors, the nuclear regulatory commission, and Patrick’s role at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance. Watch the full interview on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. 016 Patrick White, Project Manager at Nuclear Innovation Alliance [00:00:00] Patrick White: So the Nuclear Innovation Alliance comes up with a combination […]

Jun 30, 202354 min

015 Judi Greenwald, Executive Director of Nuclear Innovation Alliance

Judi Greenwald describes her career in energy, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, and how we need to innovate on more than just technology. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Judi Greenwald: Yeah, for advanced reactors to succeed, we need technology innovation, which is, you know, a lot of what people assume […]

Jun 28, 202348 min

014 Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment

Isaac Orr and Mark Hinaman talk about the sand market in oil and gas, energy policy in America, coal phase outs and if they’re good for society, and how nuclear has a role to play moving forward. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Isaac Orr: Fun fictions dictate our actions […]

Jun 26, 202350 min

013 Rod Adams, Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital

Rod Adams chats with Mark Hinaman about the existing and future nuclear industry, his time working as a Navy nuke and writer in the industry, and describes Nucleation Capital. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the entire transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Rod Adams: So you can’t say, my only job is to make nuclear perfectly […]

Jun 23, 20231 hr 4 min

011 Gerrit Bruhaug, Nuclear Energy Guru

Gerrit and Mark chat about the history of nuclear energy in the United States and several fascinating utilizations of the technology. Watch the whole video on Youtube. Follow along with the entire transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Gerrit Bruhaug: But one of the really fun things I found in reading up on the aircraft nuclear reactors was the […]

Jun 19, 202353 min
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