Media Coverage
Thorium is frequently covered in the media:
Thunder on the Horizon
“Thorium-based breeder reactors could begin a new era of nuclear power..." continue 
A forgotten war technology could safely power Earth for millions of years. Here's why we aren't using it.
“...liquid-fueled reactor design could transform thorium - a radioacive waste from mining - into a practically limitless energy source..." continue 
Will We Miss Our Last Chance to Save the World From Climate Change
“We've got to develop a new generation of nuclear-power plants, which use thorium-fueled molten salt reactors”... continue 
Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactors Get a Safety Check in Europe
“Hopefully the results will also lead to much more commitment from the large nuclear industry.” ...continue 
The U.S. is Helping China Build a Novel, Superior Nuclear Reactor
The Department of Energy is dusting off one of the old betamaxesof nuclear technology: The molten salt reactor… continue 
Thorium Power Is the Safer Future of Nuclear Energy
There’s another kind of nuclear energy that’s been waiting in the wings for decades - and it may just demand a recalibration of our thoughts on nuclear power.… continue 
New ‘Safer’ Nuclear Reactor Offers Hopes for Waste Disposal
A team from Cambridge will investigate the potential for using thorium-based fuel in a new reactor under development in the US that… continue 
Nuclear Energy: The Once and Future Power Source
India, which hasthe world’s largest thorium deposits, and China are starting to experiment with the technology… continue 
Thorium Lends a Fiery Hand
Although most of the current research is focused on its chemical characteristics, perhaps thorium's most revolutionary potential use involves its nuclear chemistry… continue 
Is Thorium the Perfect Fuel?
Discusses the advantages nuclear reactors fuelled by liquid thorium salts may offer over the ones currently used to power homes and businesses… continue 
Why Aren't We Using Thorium in Nuclear Reactors?
Given thepossibility of a meltdown is nearly zero and the waste cannot be used to make bombs... continue 
Advanced Nuclear Energy Transcends Political Climate
And, finally, there’s thorium, a fuel source best suited to run in fourthgeneration “liquid fuel” reactor. Thorium has much higher melting point…continue 
Nuclear power looks for new ally—environmentalists
Countries like India and China have made thorium a linchpin of a long-term transition away from uranium, said Paul Genoa, director of policy development at the Nuclear Energy Institute… continue 
Asgard’s Fire
So a technology abandoned because it could not be turned into weapons may now, in part for that very reason, be about to resurface… continue 
Thorium and the Dream of Clean Nuclear Power
A new generation of scientists and nuclear engineers argue that thorium could be the key to realizing a dream… continue 
Thorium type nuclear should have been developed years ago
…Thorium type nuclear, of all sizes, should have been developed years ago, and is still possible… continue 
The nuke that might have been
Being plentiful and cheap, thorium is the only fuel that stands a chance of generating electricity as cheaply as burning coal. As such, it is the only fuel capable of weaning the world off the biggest single polluter of all… continue |