Industrytap has a great story on a new venture into Thorium powered vehicles. Vehicle sales continue to grow throughout the globe along with the cost of energy to power those vehicles. Laser Power ...

Thorium is being touted as a potential wonder fuel. Proponents believe that this element could be used in a new generation of nuclear-power plants to produce relatively safe, low-carbon energy with ...

Last week Norway joined India, China, and others in testing thorium, regarded by some as the energy source of the future. Gary Krellenstein is one of those people. This former JP Morgan Energy and ...

At a test site in Norway, Thor Energy has successfully created a thorium nuclear reactor -- but not in the sense that most people think of when they hear the word thorium. The Norwegians haven't ...

The Fukushima disaster reminded us all of the dangers inherent in uranium-fueled nuclear reactors. Fresh news this month about Tepco's continued struggle to contain and cool the fuel rods highlights ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Thorium is a fertile material that has drawn attention as a potential source of nuclear energy since the 1950s due to several attractive features of the Th–U233 fuel cycle. In view of the renewed ...