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Flibe Energy

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Name: Flibe Energy

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Alternative nuclear energy race heats up as Canadian company enters

Back to the future. Terrestrial Energy's molten salt reactor draws on the MSR that Oak Ridge National Lab built over 40 years ago. Above, a welder puts the finishing touches on the 1960s model.The pursuit of alternative nuclear power technologies that ... [Published SmartPlanet - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Molten Salt Reactor, Nuclear Power, Thorium, Uranium

First reported Dec 03 2012 - Updated Dec 03 2012 - 1 reports

Atomic Show #191 – 70th Anniversary of CP-1, the First Controlled Fission Chain Reaction

On Sunday, December 2, 2012, I gathered together a group of nuclear professionals to talk about the impact to human history of the construction and operation of Critical Pile 1 (CP-1). That simple assembly of graphite, uranium, and uranium dioxide was ... [Published Atomic Insights - Dec 03 2012]

Entities: Fission, Flibe Energy, Kirk Sorensen

First reported Nov 30 2012 - Updated Nov 30 2012 - 1 reports

A Pair of MIT Scientists Try to Transform Nuclear Power

Richard Martin in Forbes: Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie are Ph.D. students in nuclear engineering at MIT. For most of their peers, the options upon graduating are pretty simple: teach, or work for one of the national labs. Dewan and Massie, though, ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Nov 30 2012]

Entities: Nuclear Power, Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor, Molten Salt Reactor, Reactor, Thorium

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"Thorium is a by-product of Uranium, and the fact that Namibia is the world's 5th producer of Uranium, this could make Namibia as one of the world's top suppliers of Thorium related products, and if successful, it could propel Namibia in becoming one of the world's largest producers of clean and safe electricity" states United States based Robbie Jena, Groot Group Co-founder; Nuclear Engineer and Thorium Technology Expert

Groot Group and Partners to Launch Namibia Thorium Energy Research Institute to Power the Entire ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 21 2013]

...The report indicated that thorium could be converted to weapons-grade U-233 "using well-known chemical processes that use standard laboratory equipment and are not subject to IAEA safeguards." The researchers note that this would be extremely hard to trace — which makes the development of such a weapons system a potential goal for terrorist...

How The Arms Race Led America To Pick The Wrong Nuclear Energy [Published Clusterstock - Jan 10 2013]

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Alternative nuclear energy race heats up as Can... [Published SmartPlanet - Apr 23 2013]
Groot Group and Partners to Launch Namibia Thor... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 21 2013]
How The Arms Race Led America To Pick The Wrong... [Published Clusterstock - Jan 10 2013]
Atomic Show #191 – 70th Anniversary of CP-1, th... [Published Atomic Insights - Dec 03 2012]
A Pair of MIT Scientists Try to Transform Nucle... [Published 3quarksdaily - Nov 30 2012]

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How The Arms Race Led America To Pick The Wrong... [Published Clusterstock - Jan 10 2013] Around fifty years ago, the U.S. chose to develop uranium-based nuclear energy instead of thorium-based energy. Both energy sources provided a ton of power — though theoretically thorium could provide a whole lot more . What made the difference, ...
Atomic Show #191 – 70th Anniversary of CP-1, th... [Published Atomic Insights - Dec 03 2012] On Sunday, December 2, 2012, I gathered together a group of nuclear professionals to talk about the impact to human history of the construction and operation of Critical Pile 1 (CP-1). That simple assembly of graphite, uranium, and uranium dioxide was ...
A Pair of MIT Scientists Try to Transform Nucle... [Published 3quarksdaily - Nov 30 2012] Richard Martin in Forbes: Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie are Ph.D. students in nuclear engineering at MIT. For most of their peers, the options upon graduating are pretty simple: teach, or work for one of the national labs. Dewan and Massie, though, ...

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Groot Group and Partners to Launch Namibia Thor... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 21 2013]