The movie Pandora's Promise was shown to the world on CNN Tonight. The movie makes a great case for nuclear as the the only viable option to fight catastrophic climate change and pollution of Earth. It follows the life of hard core prominent environmentalists and how they turned to nuclear energy...
Reactions to #PandorasPromise on Twitter are overwhelmingly positive
Posted by: iraszl on November 07, 2013
Visiting the Fukushima plant
Posted by: iraszl on November 07, 2013
CNN's Paula Hancocks tours the damaged Fukushima power plant. The video shows the interior of the reactor 4 building where the hydrogen blast occurred and the the pool that holds the fuel rods that are planned to be transported to a more secure place in the near future.
ThEC13 - Thorium Energy R&D in China
Posted by: iraszl on November 07, 2013
HongJie XU from SINAP, China talks at Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) * CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Areva strikes thorium development deal with chemical giant Solvay
Posted by: iraszl on November 07, 2013
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...
ThEC13 - Towards sustainable, secure and safe energy future: Leveraging opportunities with Thorium
Posted by: iraszl on November 06, 2013
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.
Carlo Rubbia: A Future for Thorium Power?
Posted by: iraszl on November 06, 2013
Nobel physicist, Carlo Rubbia's presentation at the Thorium Energy Conference 2013 (ThEC13) * CERN Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sunniva Rose at TEDxOslo on thorium energy
Posted by: iraszl on November 05, 2013
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...
Nobel physicist Carlo Rubbia: Thorium trumps all fuels as energy source
Posted by: iraszl on November 05, 2013
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...
Open letter to those influencing environmental policy but opposed to nuclear power
Posted by: iraszl on November 04, 2013
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 and iTunes
Posted by: iraszl on November 04, 2013
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...