Superfuel: thorium, the green energy source for the future

by Martin, Richard

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Title Statements

Full title :Superfuel : thorium, the green energy source for the future / Richard Martin.

Summary

At the dawn of the atomic age, uranium and thorium were equally important as the elements of choice in researching nuclear energy - either one could have powered the world's reactors. But it was uranium that won out, and thorium, which is far cleaner, safer, and more abundant than uranium, was relegated to the dustbin of science. With it went the possibility of creating a low-risk nuclear energy source to power our planet. Now, as the world searches for cheap, non-carbon-emitting energy sources, thorium is reemerging as an overlooked solution. As one of the first energy experts to promote the development of thorium, award-winning science writer Richard Martin combines science, new historical research, and a timely business narrative to show how we can wean ourselves off our fossil-fuel addiction and shift to a lower-risk energy source. At once a big think book and a science manifesto, "SuperFuel "challenges us to look back at what could have been different in history as well as forward to an energy revolution in the making.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012
Edition:First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

Notes

Originally published: 2012.

The Physical Object

Description:262 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781137278340, 113727834X
oclc:ocn853506627
LC Classification:TK9360
Dewey Decimal:669.2922

Subjects

Combustibles nucléaires Combustibles nucléaires -- Histoire. --… History Nuclear fuels Nuclear fuels -- History. -- United Sta… Nuclear reactors -- Design and construc… Nuclear reactors -- Design and construc… Réacteurs nucléaires -- Conception et c… Thorium Thorium -- Séparation United States