How thorium can burn nuclear waste and generate energy
An idea from Cambridge University for replacing uranium with thorium in conventional nuclear reactors.
An idea from Cambridge University for replacing uranium with thorium in conventional nuclear reactors.
A bunch of hot air starts to rise through a kilometer-high tower in Western Australia's outback, driving turbines day and night.
On the heels of one reactor deal with Beijing, London announces that the People's Republic is welcome back again and again and again.
Has "absolute pre-eminence" over uranium and fossil fuels, says boson discoverer Carlo Rubbia.
The bipartisan Rare Earth Cooperative Act fosters domestic production of minerals used for everything from missiles to smartphones. It would also provide the potential wonder fuel thorium.
Well, not exactly. But if you're in the oil rich United Arab Emirates' largest city today, you might notice a lot less of them.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes his strongest move yet to switch reactors back on as he shapes a role for nuclear in 20-year energy policy.
Beijing lends $6.5 billion to Pakistan for Chinese reactors.
20-year program that powered half of U.S. nuclear energy with fuel taken from Soviet warheads ended this week. Now's the time for country to move to alternative reactors.
Want independence from Russian gas? Then ramp up development of novel reactors that are safer, cheaper and more useful than today's.