A plan to create an accelerator-driven thorium energy industry worth billions is layed out in a recent report by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council.
The report, Towards An Alternative Nuclear Future, outlines a vision for accelerator driven thorium energy as a safe and sustainable form of low-carbon electricity that can become a multi-billion dollar industry.
Immediate investment would enable the UK to benefit from the momentum of its existing accelerator programme to secure a clear world lead in new nuclear technology - the key to a safe, affordable, environmentally-friendly energy future.
The report is produced in association with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, 14 scientists and other collaborators who are pushing hard to make it a technology the UK can export in the global marketplace. They predict that UK could receive a massive multi-billion pound export boost if investment in research ensures that the country secures its lead in this new field of thorium energy.
Independent international scientist reviewing the report said:
“now is the right time for the UK to make a well-considered entry into ADSR accelerator technology R&D”
“early investment at this tipping point has a good probability of a high long-term return”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) included the following statement in the report:
“IAEA warmly welcomes the proposed accelerator driver development programme embodied in the ThorEA project as a positive contribution to the international effort to secure the eventual global deployment of sustainable thorium-fuelled ADSR power generation systems.”
- Alexander Stanculescu, Nuclear Power Technology Development Section, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, September 2009
ThorEA report: Towards An Alternative Nuclear Future (PDF)
University of Huddersfield News, Top British Scientists
Immediate investment would enable the UK to benefit from the momentum of its existing accelerator programme to secure a clear world lead in new nuclear technology - the key to a safe, affordable, environmentally-friendly energy future.
The report is produced in association with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, 14 scientists and other collaborators who are pushing hard to make it a technology the UK can export in the global marketplace. They predict that UK could receive a massive multi-billion pound export boost if investment in research ensures that the country secures its lead in this new field of thorium energy.
Independent international scientist reviewing the report said:
“now is the right time for the UK to make a well-considered entry into ADSR accelerator technology R&D”
“early investment at this tipping point has a good probability of a high long-term return”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) included the following statement in the report:
“IAEA warmly welcomes the proposed accelerator driver development programme embodied in the ThorEA project as a positive contribution to the international effort to secure the eventual global deployment of sustainable thorium-fuelled ADSR power generation systems.”
- Alexander Stanculescu, Nuclear Power Technology Development Section, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, September 2009
ThorEA report: Towards An Alternative Nuclear Future (PDF)
University of Huddersfield News, Top British Scientists