Thorium is to nuclear power what the fifth Beatle was to pop music. It's the nuclear fuel that showed glorious promise in the early days of atomic energy but somehow, somewhere along the way, got forgotten. I first learned about India's plans to revive thorium power in 2009 when I started...

John Kutsch in his follow up email after the T.E.A. Conference 4 wrote: The conference was a super success and I want to thank everyone who came and participated. If you were unable to make it this year, the event was professionally recorded so that you can experience it. We had a whole new...

Following up on the previous article on the Japanese Thorium program here is what Chubu Electric Power wrote to Smart Planet. "Thank you for contacting us concerning thorium molten salt reactors. We announced our plan of stepped-up efforts for nuclear R&D on May 31st. Our plan consists of two...

This approximate chart shows Standard & Poor’s Assessment of Electrical Generation Costs. S&P notes that there are disadvantages with wind that are not explicitly modeled – high transmission costs (because wind has limited availability), low capacity factor (30­35%), and unpredictability...

Check out this infographic about Thorium by WellHome. Click image to read.

Advocates of alternative forms of nuclear power say that the meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power station last year underscore the need to move away from conventional designs and onto other nuclear technologies. The researcher, Takashi Kamei, told a thorium conference in Chicago last...

Steenkampskraal Thorium has taken steps to commercialise thorium, a radioactive metal that it claims is cleaner than uranium as a nuclear fuel source. SOUTH African company Steenkampskraal Thorium has taken steps to commercialise thorium, a radioactive metal that was cleaner than uranium as a...

Watch the Smart Scarecrow show which includes criticism of Thorium technology by Kevin Meyerson. Skip to 47:00 to see the interview. Also see the link to Kevin's blog post below where he collected documents from various sources that criticize Thorium as a viable energy solution. The show host ...

Dhaka, June 2 -- Long queues of women in the capital city roads under the sun and often in rains for purchasing coarse rice reflect the symptoms of economic illness in Bangladesh. There is rare job opportunity for them, so it is their job to purchase rice at reduced rate. The industrialists say...

Some people who are searching for alternative energy solutions are now looking at thorium-based nuclear power plants as a safe alternative to uranium plants. Here is a special report presented by John Coleman on KUSI TV News in San Diego which give an overview of the technology and touts its...