Posted on 09/08/2011 9:16:25 PM PDT by RussP
The Amazing Potential of Thorium Imagine a new kind of nuclear power plant that
* cannot melt down * produces less than 1% of the amount of waste that current nuclear power plants produce * is based on proven technology and requires no new scientific breakthroughs * uses an abundant fuel that will last for thousands of years * cannot contribute to nuclear weapons proliferation * can actually burn up existing stockpiles of nuclear waste * is much simpler to build than current nuclear power plants because it operates at low pressure and does not require a huge pressure vessel
(Excerpt) Read more at russp.us ...
Cheap energy leads to prosperity and people building houses and having babies.
They want to return the earth to a pristine Walden paradise where everybody else has starved to death except them and their families and the people they like.
Global warming was manufactured "science" meant to enable them to throttle all sources of energy.
I agree that the Left has no use for cheap energy. But GW is no argument against nuclear power, of course. In fact, it’s a major argument *for* nuclear power, but I didn’t mention it in my article because enough good arguments are available that no bogus argument is needed.
Interesting.
I’m gonna bookmark this for myself for one of the links you posted in your article.
No, but now that you mention it ... another source of energy? Not very clean though.
Interesting—thanks for posting this.
The waste situation with Thorium is different than with Uranium/Plutonium. It is definitely not benign (not that U/Pu is) but the byproducts from a Thorium reactor are significantly more radioactive than with U/Pu and they are much heavier in gamma radiation which is lots more hazardous and will eventually irradiate the building in which the reactor operates.
I am a fervent supporter of Thorium reactors in many, many aspects, but the waste issue with Th is potentially quite a bit more technically challenging than with U. At least, as far as I know from what I have read & researched. If I am wrong, that would be terrific news.
I think you meant to use the word "activate" rather than "irradiate".
I don’t claim to be an expert, but I’ve never heard about that.
It IS absolutely astonishing, and should be used all over the world. As far as I understand it, it seems to be THE solution everyone's been looking for for nuclear power.
Yes, I’m trying to alert people to the fact that, if we pursue this aggressively, within a decade or two we could live in a very different world. A better world. Well, at least a lot better than it would be otherwise — since we seem to be going to hell in a handbasket in other ways. Imagine all the implications and ramifications of the US being energy independent!
The gamma radiation is what makes the waste useless for nuclear bomb fuel refinement, as it's results will apparently still be high enough in gamma to fry the electronics necessary to operate the device.
“The Amazing Potential of Thorium”
You wont see it until the libtards have nationalized all
energy exploration, production and distribution. As long
as there are liberals in Washington, even zero point energy
will be expensive.
Great article, Russ. Thanks for writing it, and for posting an excerpt and a link here.
I’ve already re-posted an excerpt on Facebook and sent it to my email list. I really believe that Thorium needs to become a household word.
Certain folks don't want it to be that way.
I have believed in thorium for a long time and read quite a bit about it. This is an excellent post and I hope people read it and remember it.
Too many people in the energy debate are stuck on stupid. Stupid says nothing will change and new technologies will not come forward soon to change energy. Thorium is incredibly promising and the technology is available today. If we can get the government out of the way or to think outside the box we could revolutionize our energy sources and usage in the U.S. This could provide the economic shot in the arm we need.
Thanks for passing the word along. I’m just the messenger here, of course. I think the introduction at Thorium Energy Alliance could be punchier, so I decided to take a crack at it.
“Too many people in the energy debate are stuck on stupid.”
Ain’t that the truth!
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