[ RadSafe ] Thorium Myths

[John R Johnson]

 FYI.

Thorium was thought to be the "next fuel" in the 1970's. We thought that we
were "running out" of uranium but then mines that opened in Australia and
Canada changed that.

I did the basic studies at CRNL andt Winfirth on measuring thorium in vivo
when I worked there.

John R Johnson



On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <
Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov> wrote:

> Indeed, it nicely lays out the thorns associated with the rose of thorium
> based power.  I still believe it is worthwhile to support research and even
> build a couple of full scale molten salt reactors using thorium, but
> thorium is no more a panacea than is fusion.  And thorium is a lot easier
> to get hold of than helium-3, which the fusion fans wax so poetic over.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Thorium Myths
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> With the recurring popular-press news items about Th as a reactor fuel,
> this web site is a breath of fresh air; just technical enough to appeal to
> us Radsafe nerds, and simple enough to be understood by the uninitiated.
>
> http://www.whatisnuclear.com/articles/thorium_myths.html#myth2
>
>
>
> Bates Estabrooks
> Y-12 NSC
> Radiological Control Engineer-Staff Training Radiological Controls
> Emergency Program Coordinator
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