Sunday, July 7, 2013
Sebastian Anthony — Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy
Good news on the tech and energy front.
Extreme Tech
Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy
Sebastian Anthony
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Another nail in the coffin of the imaginary energy crisis.
Thorium was tried in the 1960s and abandoned. There are fa more problems with thorium than this article suggests. However, perhaps Thor and Westinghouse have solutions for these problems. It reduces the proliferation risks but does not eliminate them. And there are also big waste issues.
By the way, who said there was an energy crisis?
A Google search for "energy crisis" yields 5 million results. In other words, nobody.
Thorium based fission is a step in the right direction, but wake me when we get fusion.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/123837-500mw-from-half-a-gram-of-hydrogen-the-hunt-for-fusion-power-heats-up
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