A recent article in Wired discussed a “new”ish method of nuclear power utilizing thorium instead of uranium. It appears to be cheaper, safer, more efficient, takes up less space and goes forever. So why can’t we get more buy in? Nuke is nuke I suppose. Lets forget the cap-n-trade crap or quit burning bundles of carbon to get to Copenhagen and develop this stuff! That’s my “global warming” answer. Now only if the government will back off to allow it and hopefully some archaic nuclear utilities will explore it too. One of the big proponents, Kirk Sorensen, runs a blog called “Energy from Thorium“. Check it out, the first “open source project” for nuclear power. The article is excellent and interesting. Check out this comparison sheet from the article of three possible reactors:
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