ThEC13 was originally going to close-out with a 10 person panel discussion, to recap and debate the points raised during all the previous technical lectures. They changed the format so there was no panel sitting in the chairs, and rather the audience raised points of contention as the summary...

By EDUARDO PORTER Japan’s announcement last week that it would not meet its promise to sharply reduce its carbon emissions met a chorus of disapproval from around the world. Delegates at the international climate talks in Warsaw lamented Japan’s move as a blow to worldwide efforts to slow...

The reason this petition is important is because today we are excessively burning fossil fuels and this is leading to climate change. Fossil fuels are also responsible for major conflicts in the Middle East. By turning away from fossil fuels and embracing thorium, we will be paving a future...

Planetary scientists wanted the efficient power supply to explore the outer Solar System. NASA has cancelled work on a troubled radioisotope power system intended to help the next generation of spacecraft reach the planets, moons and comets of the outer Solar System. In a blog posted on 15...

Coal ash dumps contain far more radioactive material than any operating nuclear plant emits, and coal pollution kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Coal-dependent nations such as Germany and Japan are now expanding coal capacity to replace retired nuclear stations—an approach that...

The News Guardian letters of October 25 and 31 concerning the use of new ‘fracking’, and the equally doubtful process of underground/undersea coal gasification, needed a bit of study, due to the diverse views stated, (the nuclear argument is clearer to me). There is an ideal view, versus the...

Because of political delays over the past 30 years, there is no time to adopt revolutionary ideas like thorium fuel or fast-breeder reactors to close Britain’s energy gap writes The Telegraph: To stand a chance of limiting global temperature rises to a manageable three degrees, rather than a...

On Google Search Trends we can see a clear spike for the search term thorium, which indicates a recent interest in the subject. Also, see how the recent research efforts in Norway pushed the country to the top in the regional interest charts. The related keyword "WOW thorium" relates to the game...

Sasa Toshinobu talks about the Japanese Thorium Programme at the Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) at CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.

After a Jacob Burns Film Center screening of "Pandora's Promise," a new documentary defending nuclear energy, the director, Robert Stone, engaged in a vigorous (this is an understatement!) debate with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the environmental activist and lawyer and solar-energy investor.