Nov

26

Thorium To Be Used In a Working Reactor

November 26, 2012 | 6 Comments

A Norwegian company led by Alf Bjørseth will start burning thorium fuel in a conventional test reactor owned by Norway’s government with help from U.S.-based nuclear giant Westinghouse. Bjørseth is now running his private company Scatec AS, and establishing new companies within Scatec based on the latest technologies in the areas of renewable energy and […]

Jan

27

A Government Divided Against Itself Is a Mess

January 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

World Nuclear News is reporting that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is to help push forward the manufacture of small modular nuclear reactors. This contrasts with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) standing record of never approving a new reactor design.  The December 2011 “approval” by the NRC of the Westinghouse AP1000 is not a […]

Sep

8

A Thorium Overview Update

September 8, 2010 | 16 Comments

With some concept tests thorium used as a nuclear fuel could end energy as a problem issue and shift the economy into a new growth phase.  All the conversation in the media, politics and the economy could be moved to building the next centuries energy production with thorium and the various ways to use the […]

May

3

One Step Closer to a Thorium Fueled Power Plant

May 3, 2010 | 17 Comments

Alf Bjorseth, famed venture investor and Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) founder is behind the nuclear startup Thor Energy.  Thor Energy will conduct a series of tests with Swedish utility Vattenfall to study the feasibility of thorium reactors. The nations of Scandinavia, Norway and Sweden get on pretty well even though Norway managed to split a […]

Feb

19

The Most Abundant Fuel in the World

February 19, 2010 | 12 Comments

Email can consume a lot of time.  But some gems pop up, like a simple question from an .edu address that must be from a youthful person with an earnest need to know.  The question seems small, what is the most abundant fuel in the world?  I’m having an Art Linkletter moment, “Kids ask the […]

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