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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Are Thorium Reactors the Carbon-free Answer?

Are Thorium Reactors the Carbon-free Answer?
Triple Pundit
The use of thorium as an energy source for nuclear power plants was first demonstrated at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the early 1960's. The main reason it was outgunned by uranium as the fuel of choice was because it did not ...

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