boris1066 Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Item on the BBC 10 o'clock News tonight was on the potential of Thorium to provide the nuclear fuel of the future. The tag line was that it wouldn't happen any time soon. Apparently the UK has got an interest in activity presently going on in Sweden. The biggest handicap to hi speed progress on thorium development is the entrenched greenist/global warmists at the heart of the government who would rather spend £40+ billions on a white elephant railway than on the fuel that's cheap, plentiful and cannot be used in nuclear weapons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Seemed promising Boris; but when you get the scientists disagreeing with each other, it's difficult to reach a rational conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Maybe we should revert back to using steam,, The Government will always spend money where its not needed but i am sure they have a plan....just cant figure out what it is and for when... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Not sure there is or will be (at least not in the near future) a silver (or rather thorium) bullet to address energy demand; so it would seem sensible to pursue all and every source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Thought the government were going to cut the green tariff, some of which is used to develop new sources of energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Talk methinks - like the nonsense about "switching" when we're up against a cartel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Nice to see Dave got a dig in at Ed on Wednesday... Ed sits there criticising Daves advice to switch energy suppliers to lower prices,,,,and then switches himself to save a few quid!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 "Thorium energy cheaper than coal" is a book title by Robert Hargraves is a boffin making the case for thorium. It's not on "Kindle" but if anyone interested buys it from Amazon, once read they can sell it back to them as part exchange on the purchase of another book !! One of the scenarios in the book describes a reactor design the nasty bits of which are buried 10 metres below ground which seemed to be the design highlighted in the BBC News item. He also highlights the major interest by the Chinese in thorium's potential. China are undertaking a LFTR R&D project and visited the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in the USA, where the technology had been conceived (in 60's) and developed. ORNL shared info with 1,894 visitors from China in 2011, yet China intends to acquire and control LFTR intellectual property for itself. It's very nice of the Chinese to build us a nuclear reactor but am a bit suspicious about their inscrutable future intentions!! Whatever they are I expect to be dust before they become public knowledge ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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