Comments on: Energy in the 21st Century – Part 5: Nuclear https://techsomogro.com/energy-in-the-21st-century-part-5-nuclear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-in-the-21st-century-part-5-nuclear Science, Technology and the Future Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: lenrosen4 https://techsomogro.com/energy-in-the-21st-century-part-5-nuclear/#comment-23 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:34:33 +0000 http://21stcentech.wordpress.com/?p=215#comment-23 jim Kissane. Thorium will be a valuable resource if the nuclear industry revives after Fukushima. In Wikipedia's article on thorium they list the availability of thorium globally. The U.S. is estimated to have reserves of 440,000 tons, about 1/4 of the world's thorium deposits. India is considered the potentially largest source of thorium with estimates varying from 290,000 to 650,000 tons.]]> In reply to jim Kissane.

Thorium will be a valuable resource if the nuclear industry revives after Fukushima. In Wikipedia’s article on thorium they list the availability of thorium globally. The U.S. is estimated to have reserves of 440,000 tons, about 1/4 of the world’s thorium deposits. India is considered the potentially largest source of thorium with estimates varying from 290,000 to 650,000 tons.

]]> By: jim Kissane https://techsomogro.com/energy-in-the-21st-century-part-5-nuclear/#comment-22 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:22:26 +0000 http://21stcentech.wordpress.com/?p=215#comment-22 Interesting how the US has in the past sold off significant Thofium reserves? What are we thinking?

]]> By: lenrosen4 https://techsomogro.com/energy-in-the-21st-century-part-5-nuclear/#comment-21 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:07:47 +0000 http://21stcentech.wordpress.com/?p=215#comment-21 Guess which national government has recently announced a heavy investment in thorium molten-salt reactors? It is not the United States or any European country. It’s China. With the cost of building a single reactor nearly $20 billion, it appears that only the Chinese have the capital available to bring this technology to the commercial market.

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