thorium fuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:17:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Thorium Nuclear Fuel Tested in Norwegian Power Plant https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thorium-nuclear-test-norway-20121127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thorium-nuclear-test-norway-20121127/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:17:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28868 Nuclear power, essentially steam turbines driven by the fission of Uranium [isotope U-235], is powerful, doesn’t emit carbon-dioxide, and is reliable. On the other hand, nuclear disasters, such as Chernobyl in 1989, and Fukushima in 2011, point out the possibly deadly consequences of its use. In spite of the danger and rarity of Uranium, U-235 […]

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