Comments on: NOTEWORTHY COMMENT regarding “NUCLEARIZATION OF ENERGY SOURCES: Thorium-based nuclear energy promsing what uranium never delivered?” http://conservationreport.com/2008/08/11/noteworthy-comment-regarding-nuclearization-of-energy-sources-thorium-based-nuclear-energy-promsing-what-uranium-never-delivered/ In wildness is the preservation of the world. – Henry David Thoreau Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: buckdenton http://conservationreport.com/2008/08/11/noteworthy-comment-regarding-nuclearization-of-energy-sources-thorium-based-nuclear-energy-promsing-what-uranium-never-delivered/#comment-234 buckdenton Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:51:04 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-234 No problem about the monopoly Ken. Thanks for the information. No problem about the monopoly Ken. Thanks for the information.

]]> By: Ken http://conservationreport.com/2008/08/11/noteworthy-comment-regarding-nuclearization-of-energy-sources-thorium-based-nuclear-energy-promsing-what-uranium-never-delivered/#comment-226 Ken Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:56:33 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-226 I don't mean to monopolize the conversation, but if you are worried about mining Thorium, two ponts: Thorium is produced as a normal bi-product of rare earth metal purification. Since it is radioactive it can't be simply dumped. There is little commercial use for it so a lot is sitting around as rad waste in yellow 50 gallon drums. The US government stock piled Thorium for years as a potential energy source. 3,200 tons of Thorium nitrate are buried in shipping containers in Nevada waiting to be used. This is not a new idea, as Kirk's presentation shows. I don’t mean to monopolize the conversation, but if you are worried about mining Thorium, two ponts:

Thorium is produced as a normal bi-product of rare earth metal purification. Since it is radioactive it can’t be simply dumped. There is little commercial use for it so a lot is sitting around as rad waste in yellow 50 gallon drums.

The US government stock piled Thorium for years as a potential energy source. 3,200 tons of Thorium nitrate are buried in shipping containers in Nevada waiting to be used. This is not a new idea, as Kirk’s presentation shows.

]]> By: Ken http://conservationreport.com/2008/08/11/noteworthy-comment-regarding-nuclearization-of-energy-sources-thorium-based-nuclear-energy-promsing-what-uranium-never-delivered/#comment-225 Ken Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:43:49 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-225 follow this link, it's a bit technical, aimed as a general interest seminar for NASA researchers, but it gives an overview of the LFTR. I could imagine fuel reprocessing plants with a few of these running to dump transurantics like Np, and Cm into and then cycle the Pu over to current pressurized water reactors to drive Thorium power's design. This kind of scheme could create commercial demand for the waste products of current reactors for the production of more energy and commercial demand of this kind has the potential of destroying the waste we already have sitting around, rather than burying it. http://www.energyfromthorium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=842 follow this link, it’s a bit technical, aimed as a general interest seminar for NASA researchers, but it gives an overview of the LFTR. I could imagine fuel reprocessing plants with a few of these running to dump transurantics like Np, and Cm into and then cycle the Pu over to current pressurized water reactors to drive Thorium power’s design. This kind of scheme could create commercial demand for the waste products of current reactors for the production of more energy and commercial demand of this kind has the potential of destroying the waste we already have sitting around, rather than burying it.

http://www.energyfromthorium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=842

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