From NextBigFuture . There is a "fact sheet" about thorium issued by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) called "Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power." The authors of this sheet were Arjun Makhijani and Michele Boyd. A letter was sent to them in 2010 to …

Mar 23, 2011 Sorensen Rebuttal of IEER/PSR Thorium Paper. March 23, 2011. December 5, 2012. Kirk Sorensen blog, Media/Outreach, Nuclear Physics, Reprocessing, Safety, Strategy. Several people who have recently learned about thorium have contacted me with regards to a "fact sheet" about thorium issued by the Institute for Energy and …

IEER will produce a separate report later in 2010 on this reactor. Inherently more expensive? SMR proponents claim that small size will en­able mass manufacture in a factory, enabling considerable savings relative to field construc­tion and assembly that is typical of large reac­tors. ... (PSR), September 2010. It is available at: ...

IEER Rebuttal; Myths vs. Facts; Fukushima and The Perception of Risk. March 29, 2011 August 19, 2017 Kirk Sorensen blog (Kirk's note: I'd like to welcome Rick Martin as an author on Energy from Thorium. Rick is a prolific author whom many of you might remember from his WIRED article on thorium. Rick is writing a new book on …

A Fact Sheet Produced by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thorium may be abundant and possess certain …

A rbutr link page between Thorium Fuel - No Panacea for Nuclear Power - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and its rbutl IEER/PSR Thorium "Fact Sheet" …

Thorium, which refers to thorium-232, is a radioactive metal that is about three times more abundant than uranium in the natural environment. Large known deposits are in Australia, India, and Norway. Some of the largest reserves are found in Idaho in the U.S. The primary U.S. company advocating for thorium fuel is Thorium Power (

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A rbutr link page between Thorium Fuel - No Panacea for Nuclear Power - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and its rbutl IEER/PSR Thorium "Fact Sheet" Rebuttal « Energy from Thorium because Thorium fueled nuclear reactors

Fact Sheet Produced by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Physicians for Social Responsibility Thorium "fuel" has been proposed as an alternative …

5. Proliferation risks are not negated by thorium mixed with U-238. It has been claimed that thorium fuel cycles with reprocessing would be much less of a proliferation risk because the thorium can be mixed with uranium-238. In fact, fissile uranium-233 must first be mixed with non-fissile uranium-238.

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Several people who have recently learned about thorium have contacted me with regards to a "fact sheet" about thorium issued by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) called "Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power."

The thorium reactor has a sizeable fan base. Proponents argue that thorium provides a nuclear energy generation magic bullet: It's clean, abundant, cheap, and safe. …

IEER/PSR: "SMALL MODULAR REACTORS" NO PANACEA FOR WHAT AILS NUCLEAR POWER Fact Sheet Explores Cost, Safety, and Waste Issues Glossed Over by Industry WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 29, 2010 – The same industry that promised that nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter" is now touting another supposed cure-all for …

Thorium "fuel" has been proposed as an alternative to uranium fuel in nuclear reactors. There are not "thorium reactors," but rather proposals to use thorium as a "fuel" in …

Several people who have recently learned about thorium have contacted me with regards to a "fact sheet" about thorium issued by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) called "Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power."

In January 2009, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) issued a "fact sheet" called …

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Several people who have recently learned about thorium have contacted me with regards to a "fact sheet" about thorium issued by the Institute for Energy and …

The authors of this sheet were Arjun Makhijani and Michele Boyd. Last year, Dr. Alexander Cannara wrote a letter to IEER/PSR pointing out errors and omissions in the "fact sheet" and requesting IEER/PSR to implement corrections. To the best of my knowledge no amendment or correction was ever issued. I have taken it upon myself to write […]

A Fact Sheet Produced by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thorium may be abundant and possess certain technical advantages, but it does not mean that it is economical. Compared to uranium, thorium fuel cycle is likely to be even more costly. In a once‐through

By Arjun Makhijani and Michele Boyd. Some proponents of nuclear power are advocating for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) as the solution to the problems facing large reactors, particularly soaring costs, safety, and radioactive waste. Unfortunately, small-scale reactors can't solve these problems, and would likely exacerbate ...

IEER Rebuttal; Myths vs. Facts; Year: 2011. The Baroness Defends Thorium! July 1, 2011 December 5, 2012 Kirk Sorensen blog, Media/Outreach. Lady Worthington rises to the defense of the thorium option in the pages of the Ecologist, where so recently it was attacked by Eifion Rees. The Ecologist: Response: don't dismiss the potential of thorium ...

The other day, I published a post on "Why Thorium Nuclear Isn't Featured on CleanTechnica." The key portion of the ...

The PSR/IEER 'Fact Sheet' you've unfortunately published fails that test. It lacks completeness, accuracy and so, responsibility. I'm referring to " Thorium Fuel: No …

The IEER/PSR fact sheet points out: "Efficiency and most renewable technologies are already cheaper than new large reactors. The long time -- a decade or more -- that it will take to certify SMRs ...

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IEER/PSR factsheet: Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power.

fact sheet published in 2010 (IEER-PSR 2010). All four light water SMR designs (see box) in the running for this federal largesse have essentially the same underlying concept as present day U.S. commercial nuclear reactors. They would use "light wa-ter" (which is ordinary water) as a coolant to carry away the heat produced by fission