An engine being developed in the US could result in cars that run for 100 years on just a single fuel fill-up. Connecticut-based Laser Power Systems is building the turbine engine and electric generator tied to a laser using thorium - a naturally-occurring mildly radioactive element that is one of the densest materials on the planet.
The density means it's highly efficient in producing huge amounts of heat. One gram of the thorium delivers more energy than 28,000 litres of petrol, and about eight grams could power the car's engine for 100 years.
And the research and development isn't just aimed at resulting in some sort of sci-fi one-off concept car. Laser Power Systems intends to put the engine into mass-production, and sees a future in which the thorium turbine could power a huge number of the one billion cars on the world's roads -- massively reducing emissions.
An even greater source of energy is created by bombarding shadow and strindberg with marcobusiness neutrons. This produces such an excitable reaction that shadow and strindberg could power the planet for 500 million years.
The next trick of our glorious banks will be to charge us a fee for using net bank!!! You are no longer customer, you are property!!!
You do realize it's a breeder style solution that is highly unstable. And the waste product is 500 times more lethal than "ordinary" radioactive waste. Plus it's practically impossible to contain this waste. Another problem is the shielding gets "hot" in no time.
The early thorium reactors remain un-cleanable to this day. It's basically the nuclear accident who have when not having a nuclear accident. The Japs spent half trillion on research and couldn't find the solutions.
When a small company makes claims like this it sounds like a scam.
Ordinary radioactive waste will eat through its containment in less than a hundred years, with this stuff you can reduce that to lunchtime.
It's a dream that requires chemical and engineering solutions that at present don't exist.
The next trick of our glorious banks will be to charge us a fee for using net bank!!! You are no longer customer, you are property!!!
You do realize it's a breeder style solution that is highly unstable. And the waste product is 500 times more lethal than "ordinary" radioactive waste. Plus it's practically impossible to contain this waste. Another problem is the shielding gets "hot" in no time.
The early thorium reactors remain un-cleanable to this day. It's basically the nuclear accident who have when not having a nuclear accident. The Japs spent half trillion on research and couldn't find the solutions.
When a small company makes claims like this it sounds like a scam.
Ordinary radioactive waste will eat through its containment in less than a hundred years, with this stuff you can reduce that to lunchtime.
It's a dream that requires chemical and engineering solutions that at present don't exist.
count, do us all a favour and atleast do a quick google search before spouting off this crap.
thorium fluoride reactors only real down side is their ability to breed weapons grade material, but for that you need access to a lot of uranium to begin with.
it's very stable, 100% of the waste material is safe after 300 years, it produces far less waste to begin with.
count, do us all a favour and atleast do a quick google search before spouting off this crap.
thorium fluoride reactors only real down side is their ability to breed weapons grade material, but for that you need access to a lot of uranium to begin with.
it's very stable, 100% of the waste material is safe after 300 years, it produces far less waste to begin with.
Molten salt reactors sound fine until you look at the realities of containing the nuclear fuel in a container that is not replaced as the fuel ages.
Therefore there are practical reasons why other reactors types contain the fuel in protective tubes and periodically replace the fuel and the fuel container.
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