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AUDIO: nuclear lobby’s hype about thorium reactors doesn’t impress investors

investors are refusing to put their money into either nuclear power, or this supposedly ‘new’ thorium idea, which is actually a very old idea being recycled from the 1960′s when it was found not workable. So why should the public put their tax money into thorium reactors?

Hear-This-way   http://agreenroad.blogspot.ca/2012/12/thorium-reactor-fort-st-vrain-power.html  MSR Thorium Reactor Fort St. Vrain Power Station Experiment Failed – A Green Road Magazine, 1 July 13

In the video / audio above, Dr. Helen Caldicott MD interviews Dr. Arjun Makhijani (a plasma expert) who explains the downsides of the proposed MSR and LFTR thorium reactors and why renewable solar or other renewable energy sources such as wind, water, tides, geothermal and hydrogen will save money and save lives long term. http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6100
Contrary to the claims made or implied by thorium proponents, however, thorium doesn’t solve the proliferation, waste, safety, or cost problems of nuclear power, and it still faces major technical hurdles for commercialization.
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http://ieer.org/resource/factsheets/thorium-fuel-panacea-nuclear-power/
The pro-thorium lobby claim a single ton of thorium burned in a Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) – typically a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) – which has liquid rather than solid fuel, will operate safely, efficiently and profitably. However, the investment industry is turning a cold shoulder to the idea that Thorium is anything but a boondoggle. Why? Maybe because these investors are putting their money on the line, and they do their due diligence. Maybe, just maybe, these investors have looked into this fantasy to see what the actual facts are behind the pro thorium lobby claims. 
These investors are refusing to put their money into either nuclear power, or this supposedly ‘new’ thorium idea, which is actually a very old idea being recycled from the 1960′s when it was found not workable. So why should the public put their tax money into thorium reactors?
Nuclear experts have examined and analyzed Thorium claims and found them to be lacking. Read about the Ten Myths About Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power, By Arjun Makhijani and Michele Boyd, A Fact Sheet Produced by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Physicians for Social Responsibility.
As one example of a failed liquid sodium and thorium reactor, we present The Fort St. Vrain Power Station……. http://agreenroad.blogspot.ca/2012/12/thorium-reactor-fort-st-vrain-power.html

July 2, 2013 - Posted by | Resources -audiovicual

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