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Title: Thorium
Post by: Nickbat on 31 August 2010, 23:12:59

"...a tonne of the silvery metal – named after the Norse god of thunder, who also gave us Thor’s day or Thursday - produces as much energy as 200 tonnes of uranium, or 3,500,000 tonnes of coal. A mere fistful would light London for a week.

Thorium eats its own hazardous waste. It can even scavenge the plutonium left by uranium reactors,

Thorium is so common that miners treat it as a nuisance, a radioactive by-product if they try to dig up rare earth metals. The US and Australia are full of the stuff. So are the granite rocks of Cornwall."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/7970619/Obama-could-kill-fossil-fuels-overnight-with-a-nuclear-dash-for-thorium.html

So, let's get the UK in at the ground floor on this one. :y

Er no, maybe not:

"The UK has shown little appetite for what it regards as a "huge paradigm shift to a new technology"."

Yes let's keeping throwing money at windmills instead. Who needs this new-fangled stuff?  ::) ::)

Title: Re: Thorium
Post by: Debs. on 01 September 2010, 07:43:51

My TIG welding tungsten electrodes are Thoriated (coated with Thorium); which makes them (mildly) radio-active.....although, I didn`t know much about Thorium`s uses other than that. ;)

Title: Re: Thorium
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 01 September 2010, 11:01:36

Dilithium Crystals are superior in my opinion ......Nick... :)

Title: Re: Thorium
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 01 September 2010, 11:12:25

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My TIG welding tungsten electrodes are Thoriated (coated with Thorium); which makes them (mildly) radio-active.....although, I didn`t know much about Thorium`s uses other than that. ;)

A hah!  Does this put a different complexion on the comments of those who haven't seen you for a while when they say,  "You're positively glowing Deb, all this fresh air must be doing you a world of good?"

Title: Re: Thorium
Post by: Mysteryman on 01 September 2010, 11:30:12

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My TIG welding tungsten electrodes are Thoriated (coated with Thorium); which makes them (mildly) radio-active.....although, I didn`t know much about Thorium`s uses other than that. ;)

A hah!  Does this put a different complexion on the comments of those who haven't seen you for a while when they say,  "You're positively glowing Deb, all this fresh air must be doing you a world of good?"

I've heard it said, Zulu, that when Debs walks in, she positively lights up the room.

Title: Re: Thorium
Post by: Debs. on 01 September 2010, 16:18:27

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I've heard it said, Zulu, that when Debs walks in, she positively lights up the room.

 ::) Indeed!.......
......and then sets fire to it! ;D

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