Norway Hopes to Develop Thorium Nuclear Power

[Lars77]

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Norway-Hopes-to-Develop-Thorium-Nuclear-Power.html

Norway holds a resource of 170,000 tonnes of thorium, which amounts to 15% of the world’s total of 1.2 million tonnes. There is far more thorium than that within the earth’s crust all told, averaging 8 ppm compared with around 2.8 ppm for uranium, but the above figures refer to richer ores, most commonly monazite sand which contains up to 12% of thorium.

There is some opinion that thorium nuclear power might be a better environmental/energy-strategy for Norway than relying on carbon-capture which many consider to be uneconomic. However, the matter of thorium reactors is not straightforward.

[ashling]

1. OMG! Der WMD des Nibelungen

Norway to develop nuclear weapon

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[Lars77]

2. Norwegians dont speak German but i get it :)

I guess we need to prepare for UN sanctions.

[ashling]

3. That was as close as I could get on short notice

How're these

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[Lars77]

4. A historian would probaby choke but thats fine.

The heroes of Telemark wasnt much better
You have to admit: Thorium is a pretty awesome name though.

[ashling]

5. We historians appreciate metaphor

[txlibdem]

6. Thorium reactors will supplant Uranium within decades

Norway is smart to get a jump on Thorium power.