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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Thorium Update 6/28

India planning thorium reactor,says Atomic Energy Commission chief
Times of India
India is planning to establish a nuclear power plant that uses thorium as main fuel instead of uranium, which is used in conventional reactors.
India must wait to use thorium in reactor: RK Sinha
Firstpost
Lauding the standard of research and development in the country, Sinha said India had been conducting very high quality research.

Firstpost
India needs to wait for few decades to use thorium in reactor
Zee News
Atomic Energy Commission on Wednesday said the country has to wait for a few more decades to use thorium as the base for nuclear reactors.
China and the USA partner molten salt thorium reactor and India ...
Next Big Future
Outside of the DOE, at least three companies in the West are privately developing thorium reactors: Flibe Energy, Huntsville, Ala, which has dusted off 1960s ...
US partners with China on new nuclear
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
E Pluribus Thorium? U.S. Assistant Energy Secretary Peter Lyons and Chinese Academy of Sciences' Jiang Mianheng have joined forces for thorium ...

 Prototype Thorium Reactors Can Be Safer and Less Radioactive ...
There can be a new nuclear reactor on the energy scene, with less radiation, more safety from explosion, a much shorter half life for its nuclear waste and a ...
www.drudge.com/.../prototype-thorium-reactors-can-safer-and
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