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- Powering the future – with no compromises Sat, 13 Apr 19, 2:00pmA molten salt reactor (MSR) is a class of nuclear fission reactor in which the primary nuclear reactor coolant and/or the fuel is a molten salt mixture...
- Thorium: the last great opportunity of the industrial age Sun, 17 May 15, 4:00amGuest essay by David Archibald It is a significant fact that half the protein the world eats has its origin in fossil fuels. We are all aware of the green revolution that, amongst other things, saw dwarf strains of wheat...
- India: We will build our own ITER Fusion Reactor Fri, 10 Apr 15, 8:44pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall The Indian government has just given a major boost to domestic nuclear fusion research, by sanctioning the expenditure of Rs 2,500 crore (around $400 million by my calculation) as seed money, to...
- Finding a common ground – a conversation with Dr. James Hansen on nuclear power Tue, 1 Apr 14, 6:00amDr. James Hansen’s reply to my question about Nuclear Power Guest essay by Eric Worrall A a few years ago, Anthony Watts posted a link “The Middle Ground where AGW skeptics and Proponents should meet up“....
- Climate of Failure: how alternate energy dreams are pie in the sky solutions for emissions Mon, 2 Sep 13, 3:32amDr. Roger Pielke Jr. had a worthwhile guest essay in Foreign Policy titled: Climate of Failure published last year that Dr. Judith Curry has made a post about today that she calls a “good topic for Sunday discussion”....
- A Review of ‘Thorium: energy cheaper than coal’ by Robert Hargraves Wed, 3 Oct 12, 8:18amGuest post by David Archibald Robert Hargraves lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. Mr Hargraves believes that “Global warming is harming us all.” Using the temperature – solar cycle length relationship from Friis-Christensen...
- Book Review of “Super Fuel” Fri, 8 Jun 12, 12:30pmGuest Post by David Archibald There is a rich tradition of rational weathermen taking an interest in the potential of thorium-based nuclear power. Witness this video made by John Coleman: The irrational have also taken an...
- The Ridiculousness Continues – Climate Complexity Compiled Sun, 22 Jan 12, 4:59amBy WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments on this thread and several others documented within, I’ve been compiling a summary of all potential climatic variables in...
- Hey – how much Thorium you got under the hood? Sat, 13 Aug 11, 6:00pmMuch like “flying cars”, atomic powered cars were a campy futuristic meme of the 50′s, for example, there was the Ford Nucleon concept: From Wikipedia: The Ford Nucleon was a scale model concept car developed...
- Further on Thorium Wed, 10 Aug 11, 1:43amWhile Matthew Nesbit opines on peak oil being a uniting cause, this short essay on thorium power is instructive and relevant. – Anthony Guest post by David Archibald Early in June, I gave a lecture entitled “The Four...
- Quote of the week: the middle ground where AGW skeptics and proponents should meet up Wed, 16 Feb 11, 11:00pmThis article was sent to me by Charles Hart, and I have to say, I really like this quote from Curt Stager in Fast Company. Between the extremes of Hansen’s pronouncements about coal death trains and people in Britain...