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Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy

S2019 · E20 · 01 Jul 2019 · 19 min

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Energy too cheap to meter - that was the promise of nuclear power in the 1950s, at least according to Lewis Strauss chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. That promise has not come to pass - but with some incredible new technologies, perhaps it still could. The question is - should it?