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Affordable
Thorium is efficient, abundant and affordable - ultimately even cheaper than energy from coal.
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Safe
System can be made inherently safe and provide enhanced proliferation resistance.
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Proven
Demonstrated to be reliable by the pioneers more than 40 years ago.
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Clean
No CO2 or air polluting emission.
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Sustainable
Abundant and clean enough to supply global energy demand - more energy available from thorium than all coal, gas, oil and uranium combined.
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Turning Talk into Action!
Be part of the Thorium Energy Conference, ThEC13.
Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on America’s Nuclear Future concludes its report on how to deal with the growing nuclear waste problem. This is an immediate problem created over a very long time period. However, the long term solution for nuclear energy has to be divided into two; the most important being to create safe, clean, affordable and scalable energy and the second being a way to deal with the waist situation.
Bill Gates has confirmed he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safe kind of nuclear reactor.
The ThEC11 presentations and program have been posted online and are available to view or download.
All ThEC11 contributors and attendees have earned standing ovations!
At ThEC11, two gentlemen will tell their stories as politicians in Washington with a scientific background. Bill Foster will present on the important subject "What life is like as a scientist in congress" and Parker Griffith will present on why “Science doesn't speak for itself".
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ThEC13 in Geneva will be held at CERN from October 28 to 31, in the Globe of Science and Innovation, Switzerland.
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IThEO held ThEC12 together with CAS and SINAP in Shanghai at the Hope Hotel on Oct 29- Nov 1.
IThEO held ThEC11 together with BNL at the City College of New York in the Steinman Building on October 10-12.
IThEO held ThEC 2010 in London on October 17-20 at the prestigious Royal Institution.
Quotes on Thorium
“I can still remember the thrill that came with my realization that the breeder meant inexhaustible energy.”
“I became obsessed with the Idea that humankind's whole future depended on the breeder.”
Alvin Weinberg
“No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.”
Edward Teller
“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience. Once implemented they can be easily overturned or subverted through apathy or lack of follow-up, so a continuous effort is required.”
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover