Friday, September 3, 2010

Good morning,

Nuclear power, while clean, is not very popular in the
United States because while the chance of an accident is
slim, if one does occur it can be extremely dangerous.
The spent fuel is extremely toxic and remains so for
hundreds of years, and the fuel is very rare and expensive
to mine and refine.

But what if there were an alternative fuel, just as
powerful as uranium but cheaper, safer, cleaner and a lot
more plentiful. Please scroll down for a few details from
a story on http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Thanks for reading,

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If Barack Obama were to marshal America's vast scientific
and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project, he
might reasonably hope to reinvent the global energy land-
scape and sketch an end to our dependence on fossil fuels
within three to five years.

There is no certain bet in nuclear physics but work by Nobel
laureate Carlo Rubbia at CERN (European Organization for
Nuclear Research) on the use of thorium as a cheap, clean
and safe alternative to uranium in reactors may be the magic
bullet we have all been hoping for.

Dr Rubbia says a tonne of the silvery metal ? named after
the Norse god of thunder, produces as much energy as 200
tonnes of uranium, or 3,500,000 tonnes of coal. A mere
fistful would light London for a week.