The Chinese are running away with thorium energy, sharpening a global race for the prize of clean, cheap, and safe nuclear power. Princeling Jiang Mianheng, son of former leader Jiang Zemin, is spearheading a project for China's National Academy of Sciences with a start-up budget of $350m. He...

Around fifty years ago, the U.S. chose to develop uranium-based nuclear energy instead of thorium-based energy. Both energy sources provided a ton of power — though theoretically thorium could provide a lot more. What made the difference, however, were the byproducts. Uranium byproducts could be...

Just as China, Japan, India, Russia, Norway, and the US Academy of Sciences hone in on the tantalising prospect of safe, clean, and ultimately cheap energy from thorium nuclear reactors, the Europeans seem to be going in the opposite direction. I return to the thorium theme so soon after my...

Princeling Jiang Mianheng, son of former leader Jiang Zemin, is spearheading a project with a start-up budget of $350m. He has already recruited 140 PhD scientists, working full-time on thorium power at the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear and Applied Physics. The aim is to break free of the archaic...

The latest nuclear power industry proposals focus on smaller reactors and the possibility of thorium fueled reactors. As the nuclear industry explores other fission products, Fairewinds Energy Education has been peppered with hundreds of questions regarding the feasibility and safety of thorium...

Last week Norway joined India, China, and others in testing thorium, regarded by some as the energy source of the future. Gary Krellenstein is one of those people. This former JP Morgan Energy and Environment Director penned a report calling thorium “The Best, Most Overlooked Solution to Global...

Uranium is what has been used in power plants since the 1950’s, not long after Albert Einstein formulated E=mc^2, which proved the tremendous power and potential in harnessing nuclear energy. Since then, nuclear energy has been used for both peaceful and as nuclear bombs in war – the last one...

If you’ve not been tracking the thorium hype, you might be interested to learn that the benefits liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs) have over light water uranium reactors (LWRs) are compelling. Alvin Weinberg, who invented both, favored the LFTR for civilian power since its failures (when...

Thorium has always been an alternative to uranium for fueling nuclear reactors, but it hasn’t gotten much play. That may soon change. According to a report by Doug L. Hoffman at Resilient Earth, the Norwegian government and Westinghouse are beginning a five-year experiment to test thorium as a...

Thorium Australia is pleased to advertise a new initiative from the Energy From Thorium Foundation (EFTF). They will host a monthly On-Air Hangout with Scientists in the community. Robert Hargraves the author of ‘Thorium: Energy Cheaper Than Coal’ will be the esteemed guest for the first one on...