Stephen J. Mraz, a reporter at Machine Design has edited an interesting article together with Kirk Sorensen in which they describe the thorium energy machine's (LFTR) great features:
Stephen J. Mraz, a reporter at Machine Design has edited an interesting article together with Kirk Sorensen in which they describe the thorium energy machine's (LFTR) great features:
Stephen J. Mraz, a reporter at Machine Design has edited an interesting article together with Kirk Sorensen in which they describe the thorium energy machine's (LFTR) great features:
“The temperatures at which LFTRs operate (700 to 800 degress C) let their power-conversion system hit efficiency levels of nearly 50 percent, compared to only 35 percent for conventional nuclear plants. And the efficiency at which a LFTR converts thorium into heat lets utilities get 200 to 300 times more useful energy of out of a kilogram of thorium than they can from a kilogram of uranium.”
“LFTRs, on the other hand, can profitably extract essentially all of thorium's energy without complicated reprocessing or excessive capital costs.”
“And one of LFTR's major benefits is that because it completely 'uses up' the thorium, there is relatively little nuclear waste.”
The authors put their work into words:
“The fuel choices, reactor configuration, and power conversion system of LFTR have all been chosen to make efficient energy from thorium a reality. It will take research, substantial development effort, and national will to achieve this goal, but the payoff will be immense. A world powered by thorium safely for many tens of thousands of years is the goal of those working to realize the potential of thorium.”
Thorium, a Readily Available and Slightly Radioactive Mineral, Could Provide the World with Safe, Clean Energy, MachineDesign.com, Kirk Sorensen, editor Stephen J. Mraz
Stephen J. Mraz, a reporter at Machine Design has edited an interesting article together with Kirk Sorensen in which they describe the thorium energy machine's (LFTR) great features:
“The temperatures at which LFTRs operate (700 to 800 degress C) let their power-conversion system hit efficiency levels of nearly 50 percent, compared to only 35 percent for conventional nuclear plants. And the efficiency at which a LFTR converts thorium into heat lets utilities get 200 to 300 times more useful energy of out of a kilogram of thorium than they can from a kilogram of uranium.”
“LFTRs, on the other hand, can profitably extract essentially all of thorium's energy without complicated reprocessing or excessive capital costs.”
“And one of LFTR's major benefits is that because it completely 'uses up' the thorium, there is relatively little nuclear waste.”
The authors put their work into words:
“The fuel choices, reactor configuration, and power conversion system of LFTR have all been chosen to make efficient energy from thorium a reality. It will take research, substantial development effort, and national will to achieve this goal, but the payoff will be immense. A world powered by thorium safely for many tens of thousands of years is the goal of those working to realize the potential of thorium.”
Thorium, a Readily Available and Slightly Radioactive Mineral, Could Provide the World with Safe, Clean Energy, MachineDesign.com, Kirk Sorensen, editor Stephen J. Mraz