There is a Canadian firm that has a reactor that will burn either uranium or thorium. There is an ample supply of thorium in the world. There is 4 times the amount of thorium in the world at tin. Also thorium waste products have a radioactive life that is a fraction of uranium and plutonium. Another thing I have never heard of a thorium bomb. China, India and Russia are becoming more interested in it for those reasons.
By the way, Helen Caldicott is a hysterical nutcase. I heard her on Earth Beat radio two months ago and she sounded like she was close to being involuntarily committed. She makes things up. Flat out lies too.
What's controversial about nuclear energy is that many big environmental groups are against it without actually understanding the new designs. 3rd and 4th generation nuclear plans are much smaller and safer than current ones. But thanks to enviro groups in the 90s they were never developed. It's not "controversial" to build new nuclear plants again, in fact it would be smart. James Hansen is also for it. So are many envirnomentalists, you just don't hear about them.
What about the environmental destruction and high costs of mining uranium?
SaveTheFoothills 2 years ago
There is a Canadian firm that has a reactor that will burn either uranium or thorium. There is an ample supply of thorium in the world. There is 4 times the amount of thorium in the world at tin. Also thorium waste products have a radioactive life that is a fraction of uranium and plutonium. Another thing I have never heard of a thorium bomb. China, India and Russia are becoming more interested in it for those reasons.
azezel2311 2 years ago
By the way, Helen Caldicott is a hysterical nutcase. I heard her on Earth Beat radio two months ago and she sounded like she was close to being involuntarily committed. She makes things up. Flat out lies too.
shellius 2 years ago
What's controversial about nuclear energy is that many big environmental groups are against it without actually understanding the new designs. 3rd and 4th generation nuclear plans are much smaller and safer than current ones. But thanks to enviro groups in the 90s they were never developed. It's not "controversial" to build new nuclear plants again, in fact it would be smart. James Hansen is also for it. So are many envirnomentalists, you just don't hear about them.
shellius 2 years ago