Thorium Power

[benjy]

Why isn't it part of the energy conversation?


More abundant than Uranium - about as abundant as lead
200x as efficient as Uranium
Can't make bombs
Won't meltdown
1% of waste compared to Uranium, easier to store
300 years (as opposed to 10k years) for waste to become safe

[benjy]

Vids aren't coming up for me up so here's the linkage:

Short vid

http://youtu.be/eU3cUssuz-U

Long vid

http://youtu.be/AHs2Ugxo7-8

[head_strong]

seems fairly logical to me...

[tripleblack1705]

Hmmmm....dunno but maybe you've come to the wrong place lol

[benjy]

Hmmmm....dunno but maybe you've come to the wrong place lol

It's the Saloon! Anything goes.

[benjy]

To balance out all the optimism in the above links here's a pessimistic take:

http://www.ieer.org/fctsheet/thorium2009factsheet.pdf