Back in the dark ages when I was working in the CTR program at LANL,
then retired James Tuck, the founder of the euphemistically named
Project Sherwood, presented a colloquium in which he analyzed the
future of various energy sources. He concluded that when the lights
began to go out that the world would reconsider the use of nuclear
power in a big way. He then presented data on the "thorium cycle"
which while not as easy to use as pure uranium, I believe he mentioned
the abundance of thoria in the earth's crust made it a relatively easy
fuel to get and would be sufficient for a long time.
I guess this indicated his pessimism for achieving power generation
from fusion anytime soon.
Fred
On Feb 7, 2010, at 12:56 PM , Owen Densmore wrote:
Anyone know if thorium is really a breakthrough in terms of nuclear
power?
http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?
id=19758
-- Owen
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