[ RadSafe ] Atomic Car Revisited: Thorium Could Power A Vehicle for 100 Years?

[dlawrencenewyork at aol.com]

The nastiness of U-233 is just one challenge amongst a litany of them which make the idea problematic. If you wanted to go with the molten salt concept then it would still be preferable to centrally generate and then convert the energy into a portable, less toxic chemically  stored form such as hydrogen for point of use (which is not without drawbacks of its' own).


Best Regards,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: Brennan, Mike (DOH) (DOH) <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To: ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com>; The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Mon, Mar 17, 2014 12:41 pm
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Atomic Car Revisited: Thorium Could Power A Vehicle for	100 Years?


I am a fan of looking at different ways of getting useful power out of 
radioactive materials.  I am intrigued by molten salt reactors, and acknowledge 
some real advantages (while noting some difficulties the proponents tend to 
gloss over).  I like the idea of small reactors dealing with very local loads, 
as this is more robust than centralized gigawatt power generation.  

All that being said, the idea of cars of any sort with reactors on board strikes 
me as fairly silly.  I decline to believe that weight of the 
reactor/shielding/crash resistant frame vs power output work out to give a 
useful vehicle.  I am leery of handing maintenance of a bunch of reactors to a 
driving public that can't consistently remember to get the oil changed 
regularly, even with TV adds reminding them.     

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] 
On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 9:26 PM
To: Radsafe
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Atomic Car Revisited: Thorium Could Power A Vehicle for 100 
Years?

I think that despite the rather fanciful headline below it's more likely that we 
will all be driving Lithium Ion battery powered cars in the future rather than 
thorium powered cars.
Roy Herren

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/atomic-car-revisited-thorium-could-power-vehicle-100-140052713.html


Atomic Car Revisited: Thorium Could Power A Vehicle for 100 Years?
Roy Herren
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