On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 16:26:04 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> What Rick said - I want a backyard thorium reactor/generator. > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 4:17 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >The only true "clean" alternate energy source at the present time is > > > > Thorium. > > > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power I would like a backyard thorium reactor/generator, too. Note, however, that I said "at the present time". From Rick's reference above, Possible disadvantages Some experts note possible specific disadvantages of thorium nuclear power: * Significant and expensive testing, analysis and licensing work is first required, requiring business and government support.[16] In a 2012 report on the use of thorium fuel with existing water-cooled reactors, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists suggested that it would "require too great an investment and provide no clear payoff", and that "from the utilities’ point of view, the only legitimate driver capable of motivating pursuit of thorium is economics". [29] 16. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf62.html#References , World Nuclear Association 29. Nelson, Andrew T. (Sep–Oct 2012). "Thorium: Not a near-term commercial nuclear fuel". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 68 (5): 33 – 44. doi:10.1177/0096340212459125. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
