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15 Countries with the Largest Thorium Reserves in the World
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoIn this article, we will be taking a look at the 15 countries with the largest thorium reserves in...
Friends of Oak Ridge National Lab to hear about thorium molten-salt reactors Sept. 12
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKirk Sorensen, an engineer and long-time public advocate for thorium fuel for nuclear reactors in...
Molten Salt Reactor Technology Solves Several Nuclear Industry Problems
POWER Magazine via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoMolten salt reactors (MSRs) represent a fascinating intersection of nuclear history and modern...
Seaborg, Weinberg and the molten salt breeder reactor
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCarolyn Krause concludes her series looking at Stan Thompson, Glenn Seaborg, and Alvin Weinberg with...
ORNL molten salt concept could lead to 'smartphone' of reactors
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIf Alvin Weinberg, the most renowned director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, were alive today, he...
U.S. Takes Bold Step To Break Free From Russian Uranium Hold
Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe U.S., seeking to reduce dependence on Russian uranium, is turning to expansion plans at a New Mexico uranium enrichment plant and exploring the potential of thorium as a safer and more efficient nuclear fuel alternative.
Planned Oak Ridge lab facility to meet growing U.S. demand for medical radioisotopes
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSome people joke that you can’t trust atoms “because they make up everything.” Truth is, lots of...
'It's had 1.1 billion years to accumulate': Helium reservoir in Minnesota has 'mind-bogglingly...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLaboratory results for a helium reservoir discovered in northern Minnesota suggest concentrations of...
Oak Ridge nuclear waste will be recycled to power space exploration and deep sea research
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn unused Cold War-era generator has left Oak Ridge on a new mission: bring power to the most remote...
Radiation in the postwar American mind: from wonder to worry
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBlowing up the desert – and people's minds: the first atom bomb test in 1945. US GovernmentMore than...