2 superb and bang-up-to-date articles by Robert Hargraves and Ralph Moir, take you through the history and point to the future prospects for LFTRs.
Please read and digest and forward to as many people as you can: spread the word
http://www.thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/American_Scientist_Hargraves.pdf
http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters/201101/hargraves.cfm
To generate electricity for a city of 1 million people for 1 year:___Mine 3,200,000 tonnes of coal - emit 8,500,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases and particulates - landfill 900,000 cubic metres of toxic/radioactive fly-ash.___OR___Mine 50,000 tonnes of uranium ore - emit no greenhouse gases - produce 24 tonnes of radiotoxic 'waste'.___OR___Mine 50 tonnes of equivalent thorium ore - emit no greenhouse gases - produce 0.8 tonnes of radiotoxic 'waste'.
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