Can solar and wind scale fast enough to keep climate change in check, by decarbonizing our energy and transportation sectors? That’s a controversial matter. What’s not at all controversial is that nuclear power, if it can be implemented safely and …
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Thorium: Coming Closer Every Day
Here’s a fabulous video in which the presenter offers a crash course on the particle physics associated with nuclear energy. Once this is under our belts, we’re in a position to understand the value of thorium, and essential design of …
Note on Thorium-Based Nuclear Reactors
One of the chapters of my most recent book, “Bullish on Renewable Energy,” covers the promise of advanced nuclear, and thorium in particular. If we can make this happen, which appears likely over the next couple of decades, it will …
Thorium-based Nuclear Reactors
Readers often talk about thorium and its potential to become the feedstock for the next generation of nuclear fission reactors. I have high hopes for thorium; there is a whole chapter in my most recent book (Bullish on Renewable Energy) …
Challenges Facing Thorium Reactors
Re: my recent post on liquid fluoride thorium reactors, a reader notes: It seems thorium is the best choice, as they become flexible enough to reduce atomic gen-sets down to 20 MW, put anywhere near clean water with 8-10 pre-made …
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor
If you don’t mind taking a 36-minute-long drink of water from a fire hose, here’s the most visible spokesperson for the thorium nuclear reactor, Kirk Sorensen, speaking a few years ago at Google. The essence of his talk is the …
A Toast: To U.S. and China Teaming Up To Build Thorium Nukes
Can you handle a little good news? This article just in from frequent commenter Colin Brown: It appears that nuclear reactors based on thorium (vs. uranium) may be closer than we think. There is very little not to like about …
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Thorium Reactors
Colin Brown comments on my recent piece Attempting To View Renewable Energy Intelligently: “Great to see that you now have thorium reactors in the mix.” Anyone who rules out all types of nuclear — now and forever — simply because of …
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors
Frequent commenter and all-around smart guy Frank Eggers points out that there has been no discussion of liquid fluoride thorium reactors here at 2GreenEnergy. He’s absolutely right, and I propose we attempt to rectify this. Personally, I don’t know what …
“Climate Optimism??” We Can Handle the Truth
Why on Earth would anyone want to ingest “climate optimism?” What’s the matter with the truth? The truth is that our oceans and atmosphere are warming, largely due to human activity, in particular, due to the release of greenhouse gases. …
