Earth Newslink: Nuclear Physicists Are Revisiting A Safer Alternative To Uranium 🌎

in newslink •  7 years ago 

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In the pursuit of renewable and cleaner energy sources, nuclear power remains one of the viable options.To make it an even safer choice, a Dutch nuclear research firm began experiments with a kind of nuclear fission that uses thorium salts.

ERASING NUCLEAR FEARS


Until such time that scientists figure out how to stabilize nuclear fusion, the most powerful energy source available remains its relatively less powerful cousin, fission. While there are already a number of countries using nuclear fission reactor plants, there’s still a lingering shadow of fear over the technology, thanks to several cases of nuclear meltdowns in the past.


Full article in Futursim: https://futurism.com/nuclear-physicists-are-revisiting-a-safer-alternative-to-uranium/

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