Alternative fuels such as thorium in existing reactors? China ‘can do!’

Alternative fuels such as thorium in existing reactors? China ‘can do!’

December 28th, 2012

Posted by Mark Halper

Flexible fuel. These two CANDU reactors at China’s Qinshan site can run on thorium and on uranium recovered from other reactors.

LONDON – The end of the year marks a typical time to look back over the previous 12 months. Who are we at Weinberg to break with such annual tradition?
In that spirit, I present you not a January-through-December review of highlights. Rather, I revisit an August development that resurfaced here in London a few weeks ago, and that, as much as any nuclear event this year, reflects the spirit of alternative nuclear technologies.
http://www.the-weinberg-foundation.org/2012/12/28/alternative-fuels-such-as-thorium-in-existing-reactors-china-can-do/