[TheForge] Power in its diverse manifestations. OT Thorium

[Bruce .]

"India has rich reserves of thorium but little Uranium (U235) and limited
oil and gas....They have had a long-term plan for thorium involving solid
fuels but we hope to convince them that the liquid fuelled approach is far
superior and removes the major roadblocks that thorium imposes on solid
fuelled use”, states Dr. LeBlanc.

"China also has little of its own oil and gas, but some coal deposits. The
Chinese are now working on LFTR technology, in attempt to replace
coal-burning power stations with LFTRs."

- and -

" it's exciting to hear about a major new push to actually develop LFTR
technology in China. Thorium-energy expert Kirk Sorensen recently
blogged<http://energyfromthorium.com/2011/01/30/china-initiates-tmsr>about
the announcement of the new scheme at the Chinese National Academy of
Sciences in late January. Technology journalist Andrew Orlowski followed up
with a story <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/01/china_thorium_bet>claiming
that a private company in China is aiming to build a prototype
within five years that can produce electricity at for as little as 6.8p per
kilowatt hour (much cheaper than the retail price of power in the UK
today)."

So, have no fear.  We'll let India and China bring LFTR's to market, then
we'll just buy them from Harbor Freight....

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Paul Sperbeck <forge at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> Well here we go:
>
> http://analysis.**nuclearenergyinsider.com/**
> small-modular-reactors/liquid-**fluoride-thorium-reactor-key-**
> safer-and-less-expensive-**nuclear-technolo<http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/small-modular-reactors/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactor-key-safer-and-less-expensive-nuclear-technolo>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/**environment/blog/2011/feb/16/**
> china-nuclear-thorium<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/feb/16/china-nuclear-thorium>
>
> Unfortunately the greeniots will only hear 'Nuclear'... and with a strong
> liberal arts background and smattering of left coast logic they will
> condemn any major political figure that proposes such a practical possible
> energy solution.
>
> Something that would make electric cars and hydrogen powered secondary
> energy sources practical will most likely never get to see the political
> light of day. We will continue to praise wind and solar over any more
> practical wide use technology.
>
>
> On 01/13/2013 12:18 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
>> Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors
>>
>
> paul
> --
> Try to notice the thing that happened just before the thing
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>
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>
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>
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Bruce
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