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First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

The Thorium Fuel Cycle

1. The Thorium Fuel Cycle: An independent assessment by the UK National Nuclear Laboratory http://www.nnl.co.uk/media/27860/nnl__1314092891_thorium_cycle_position_paper.pdf 2. Comparison of Thorium and Uranium Fuel Cycles NNL (11) 11593 Issue 5 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/65504/6300-comparison-fuel-cycles.pdf ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Thorium-Fuel, Thorium, Uranium, Nuclear Power, Nuclear

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years - tech - 03 April 2013 - New Scientist

YOU could be forgiven for thinking a new era of nuclear energy is under way in the US. On 11 March, crews at the Virgil C Summer power plant in South Carolina completed a 51-hour marathon of pouring concrete. Three days later, in Burke County, Georgia, ... [Published Newsvine - May 03 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Reactor, New Scientist

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Thorium Molten Salt Reactor in China - May 07, 2013

Dr. Hongjie Xu, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaReactor and Nuclear Systems Division Seminar10:30 AM — 11:30 AM, Weinberg Auditorium, Building 4500-NContact: Jess Gehin (gehinjc@ornl.gov), 865.576.509 ... [Published ORNL Review - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor, Shanghai, Applied Physics, Reactor

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

How Thorium Can Burn Nuclear Waste a

From Smart PlanetBy Mark HalperThere’s a growing movement to make , more efficient and less weapons-prone by replacing today’s uranium fuel with another element, thorium.And within the thorium push, there are different technological ideas for how to deploy. ... [Published Energy Tribune - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Thorium, Nuclear Waste, Reactor, Thorium-Fuel

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 1 reports

List of thorium-fueled reactors

List of thorium-fueled reactorsFrom IAEA TECDOC-1450 "Thorium Fuel Cycle - Potential Benefits andChallenges", Table 1: Thorium utilization in different experimental andpower reactors. [4] Additionally, Dresden 1 in the USA used "thorium oxide corner ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Thorium-Fuel, Reactor, Thorium

First reported Mar 08 2013 - Updated Mar 08 2013 - 1 reports

ARPA-E Top Prize Goes to Nuclear Start-Up

Last fall I blogged about Transatomic Power , a startup founded by a couple of MIT grad students that aims to build innovative molten salt nuclear reactors that can consume spent fuel from existing conventional reactors. Transatomic got a big boost ... [Published Pike Research - Mar 08 2013]

Entities: ARPA-E, Reactor, Thorium, Nuclear, Uranium

First reported Mar 02 2013 - Updated Mar 02 2013 - 1 reports

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA Backs Fast Breeder Reactors (story courtesy IAEA.ORG)

Long-time readers of this blog are aware that the header illustration of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor, a never built sodium cooled fast breeder, is perfectly deliberate -- it's representative of that era in which our country decided to fall prey to ... [Published atomic power review - Mar 02 2013]

Entities: IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Reactor, Fast Breeder Reactor

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Thorium Based Reactors

Thorium Based Reactors Power Engineering Magazine India, Feb. 27 -- Thorium plays a pivotal role in Indian Nuclear power programme. Right from theinception of Indian nuclear power programme, work has been carried outon various aspects of thorium ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Thorium, Thorium-based, Thorium Reactor, Nuclear Power

First reported Jan 22 2013 - Updated Jan 22 2013 - 1 reports

South Korea Is Spending a Cool Billion on Fusion Power

South Korea Is Spending a Cool Billion on Fusion Power Motherboard That's why so many dream of clean nuclear power, whether it be via a thorium-fueled molten salt reactor or cold fusion. Fairly limitless, relatively cheap ... ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jan 22 2013]

Entities: South Korea, Thorium-Fuel, Molten Salt Reactor, Cold Fusion

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Thorium fuel cycle - Knight Science Journalism at MIT

thorium fuel cycle - Knight Science Journalism at MIT Here'sa beguiling headline and story that just ran in the UK: The Telegraph(Jan 6) Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: China blazes trail for 'clean' nuclearpower from ... ksj.mit.edu/tracker/tag/thorium-fuel-cycle ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Thorium-Fuel, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Nuclear

First reported Dec 06 2012 - Updated Dec 06 2012 - 1 reports

Nuclear energy: Thorium fuel has risks

Nuclear energy: Thorium fuel has risks Nature.com - ‎Simple chemical pathways open up proliferation possibilities for theproposed nuclear 'wonder fuel', warn Stephen F. Ashley and colleagues.Subject terms: Physics·Chemistry·Policy. PALLAVA BAGLA/COR ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 06 2012]

Entities: Thorium-Fuel, Nuclear Power, Thorium

First reported Nov 26 2012 - Updated Nov 27 2012 - 2 reports

Thorium To Be Tested in a Working Nuclear Reactor

Thorium To Be Tested in a Working Nuclear Reactor by james@pokemoncard.info (Brian Westenhaus)ANorwegian company led by Alf Bjørseth will start burning thorium fuelin a conventional test reactor owned by Norway’s government with helpfrom U.S.-based nuclear ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Nov 27 2012]

Entities: Thorium, Nuclear Reactor, Scatec AS, Thorium-Fuel

Quotes

"There's no question it's a big deal," says Neil Wilmshurst of the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. "There were no new plants being constructed for decades, and now there is a new wave of building going on."

US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years - tech - 03 April 2013 - New Scientist [Published Newsvine - May 03 2013]

From IAEA TECDOC-1450 "Thorium Fuel Cycle - Potential Benefits and"

List of thorium-fueled reactors [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 08 2013]

...What's more, levels of atmospheric methane are a dramatic 240 percent higher—both with no signs of stopping. "There is no analogue for that in the ice record" Box said

Drumbeat: February 1, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our... - Feb 01 2013]

"They are really going for it, and have talented researchers. This could lead to a massive break-through."

Chinese Safety Concern Empties Distant Shelves [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom RSS feed - Jan 10 2013]

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The Thorium Fuel Cycle [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - 7 hours ago]
US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30... [Published Newsvine - May 03 2013]
Harder, faster, longer… [Published Cosmos Magazine - May 01 2013]
Thorium Molten Salt Reactor in China - May 07, ... [Published ORNL Review - Apr 30 2013]
A Deal for a Molten Salt Reactor in Canada [Published New Energy and Fuel - Apr 26 2013]
How Thorium Can Burn Nuclear Waste a [Published Energy Tribune - Apr 18 2013]
How thorium can burn nuclear waste and generate... [Published SmartPlanet - Apr 18 2013]
Conservatives and Progress Party Want More Nucl... [Published The Nordic Page - Apr 17 2013]
List of thorium-fueled reactors [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 08 2013]
ARPA-E Top Prize Goes to Nuclear Start-Up [Published Pike Research - Mar 08 2013]
IAEA Backs Fast Breeder Reactors (story courtes... [Published atomic power review - Mar 02 2013]
Thorium Based Reactors [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Mar 01 2013]
Atomic Energy Regulator to set up Directorate o... [Published Frontier India Strategic and Defence - News, An ... - Feb 05 2013]
Drumbeat: February 1, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Feb 01 2013]
South Korea Is Spending a Cool Billion on Fusio... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jan 22 2013]
Lightbridge Presents Thorium Fuel Facts to Mala... [Published Press Releases Lightbridge - Jan 18 2013]
Thorium fuel cycle - Knight Science Journalism ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jan 11 2013]
Chinese Safety Concern Empties Distant Shelves [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom RSS feed - Jan 10 2013]
Norway Begins Four Year Test Of Thorium Nuclear... [Published Singularity Hub - Dec 11 2012]
Nature blazes the Thorium Trail - The Weinberg ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 11 2012]
Top conservation issues to look out for in 2013 [Published EarthSky - Dec 10 2012]
5th Thorium Energy Alliance Conference [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 08 2012]
THORIUM [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 07 2012]
IAEA Daily Press Review – 6 December 2012 [Published IAEA Top News - Dec 06 2012]
Nuclear energy: Thorium fuel has risks [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 06 2012]
Thorium To Be Tested in a Working Nuclear Reactor [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Nov 27 2012]
Thorium To Be Used In a Working Reactor [Published New Energy and Fuel - Nov 26 2012]

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The Thorium Fuel Cycle [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - 7 hours ago] 1. The Thorium Fuel Cycle: An independent assessment by the UK National Nuclear Laboratory http://www.nnl.co.uk/media/27860/nnl__1314092891_thorium_cycle_position_paper.pdf 2. Comparison of Thorium and Uranium Fuel Cycles NNL (11) 11593 Issue 5 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/65504/6300-comparison-fuel-cycles.pdf ...
A Deal for a Molten Salt Reactor in Canada [Published New Energy and Fuel - Apr 26 2013] Terrestrial Energy Inc. (TEI) founded in late 2012 with Dr. David LeBlanc’s patent-pending Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technology has oil sands production company partners and a plan for oil sand taxes to pay for the MSR development. The U.S. investment ...
List of thorium-fueled reactors [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 08 2013] List of thorium-fueled reactorsFrom IAEA TECDOC-1450 "Thorium Fuel Cycle - Potential Benefits andChallenges", Table 1: Thorium utilization in different experimental andpower reactors. [4] Additionally, Dresden 1 in the USA used "thorium oxide corner ...
ARPA-E Top Prize Goes to Nuclear Start-Up [Published Pike Research - Mar 08 2013] Last fall I blogged about Transatomic Power , a startup founded by a couple of MIT grad students that aims to build innovative molten salt nuclear reactors that can consume spent fuel from existing conventional reactors. Transatomic got a big boost ...
IAEA Backs Fast Breeder Reactors (story courtes... [Published atomic power review - Mar 02 2013] Long-time readers of this blog are aware that the header illustration of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor, a never built sodium cooled fast breeder, is perfectly deliberate -- it's representative of that era in which our country decided to fall prey to ...

Press Releases

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Lightbridge Presents Thorium Fuel Facts to Mala... [Published Press Releases Lightbridge - Jan 18 2013]