HongJie XU from SINAP, China talks at Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) * CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.

GENEVA – French nuclear giant Areva, a stalwart of the conventional uranium-driven large reactor industry, today announced it is collaborating with €12.8 billion Belgian chemical company Solvay to research the possibilities of deploying thorium as a reactor fuel. “Solvay and Areva have made an...

Anil Kakodkar's presentation: Towards sustainable, secure and safe energy future: Leveraging opportunities with Thorium / Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) * CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nobel physicist, Carlo Rubbia's presentation at the Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) * CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.

Sunniva Rose is a Norwegian physicist. Sunniva is doing her PhD in nuclear energy at the University of Oslo, where she is currently focusing on the use of Thorium in nuclear power stations. At TEDxOslo Norway 2013 she talked about global population, death from different energy forms, nuclear...

GENEVA – If nuclear power is to finally overcome public opposition and the post-Fukushima backlash, government and industry must walk away from traditional reactor technology and shift to superior designs that rely on thorium rather than uranium. So said Nobel Prize winning physicist Carlo...

As climate and energy scientists concerned with global climate change, we are writing to urge you to advocate the development and deployment of safer nuclear energy systems. We appreciate your organization’s concern about global warming, and your advocacy of renewable energy. But continued...

Watch Pandora's Promise on CNN on Thursday, November 7th, 8PM CST. If you miss it, you will be able to download it on iTunes on the 3rd of December for $15 for SD and $20 for HD quality. Watch trailer, Q&A sessions and reports below. Synopsis of Richard Rhodes' movie, Pandora's Promise: In the...

Roger Harrabin for BBC writes: Nuclear scientists are being urged by the former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to develop thorium as a new fuel. Mr Blix says that the radioactive element may prove much safer in reactors than uranium. It is also more difficult to use thorium for the production...

Global Ideas asked a group of Nobel prize winners to share their views on energy and climate issues. The result? Nobel Ideas. In this episode Carlo Rubbia talks about Thorium.