Danish Parliament vote on thorium research could pave the way for atomic energy

Liberal Alliance argues that stance is prohibitive to expertise and exports

Danish company Seaborg Technologies was forced to look abroad to obtain support (photo: Seaborg)

April 5th, 2016 4:46 pm| by Christian W

Next month, Parliament is scheduled to vote on whether thorium technology will be permitted to receive research funding on par with other energy technologies.
The proposal, which was submitted by Liberal Alliance (LA) on April 1, means that it could become feasible to research and develop atomic energy in Denmark for the first time since the government decided in 1985 that atomic energy would not be part of the nation’s future energy strategy.
“We are trying to kickstart a debate about whether it is sensible for a knowledge-based society to outright deny that thorium technology is something we don’t know anything about,” Villum Christensen, LA’s energy spokesperson, told Ingeniøren newspaper.
“Thorium has promising perspectives and there are Danish experts who cannot be utilised because of a decision made 30 years ago. We are missing out on knowledge and possible export income by not allowing the development of and research into thorium technology.”
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