SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future (MacSci)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 113727834X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Advocates, writes Martin, an award-winning journalist and senior research analyst for Pike Research, a clean energy firm, say the silver-gray element has another possible use: as a cheap, safe energy source with the potential to solve our power crisis.…A lucid overview of a still-developing chapter in the story of nuclear power.” Kirkus Reviews. Superfuel by award-winning science writer Richard Martin tells the Cinderella story of thorium in a fast-paced, insider's account. This is the type of book that can make a difference!” John Hofmeister, author of Why We Hate the Oil Companies“The story of the
Richard Martin is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in Wired, Time, Fortune, The Atlantic, and The Best Science Writing of 2004. He is the editorial director of Pike Research, a leading clean energy firm. . He lives in Boulder, Colorado
Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons, and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is re-emerging as the overlooked energy source as a small group of activists and outsiders is working, with the help of Silicon Valley investors, to build a thorium-power industry. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. A riveting look at how an alternative source of energy is revoluntionising nuclear power, promising a safe and clean
Kirk Sorensen said "SuperFuel" is a super-story about a super-element!. The story of thorium as a planetary energy source is almost too incredible to be believed. To think that for almost seventy years we have known about a source of energy that would last longer than the Sun will shine and we haven't exploited it? One has to wonder why.In this book Rick Martin does a marvelous job telling the amazing and true sto. Nicholas Piszczek said Thorium- Lets do this.. Very interesting topic Hardly new a lick about Thorium. Good read.. "More heat than light; doesn't do justice to the subject" according to Robert Apthorpe. I looked forward to SuperFuel as an accessible exploration of molten salt breeder reactor technology and history, a comparison-and-contrast between the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) and conventional reactors, a survey of current and past attempts at using thorium in power plants, a summary of the thorium/uranium fuel cycle, and an ass