On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 6:01:24 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 5:46:45 AM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> Thorium fission is based on a breeder cycle for thorium to protactinium >> then to uranium as U232 or U233. The uranium is then fissioned. The >> standard products of uranium fission are Radon and Barium. These are gamma >> sources. So while I am not an expert on this sort of nuclear physics I am >> not sure about the claim that the waste is free of gamma emitters. >> >> LC >> > > This is my source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium > AG >
This article is also pertinent. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a11907/is-the-superfuel-thorium-riskier-than-we-thought-14821644/ AG > >> >> On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 2:00:09 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 12:51:23 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> >>>> https://planetofthehumans.com/ >>>> >>>> Largely correct, but omits the solution; Thorium reactors. Check Wiki >>>> for the residuals; no gamma rays. AG >>>> >>> >>> Residuals = waste products; harmless for Thorium reactors, unlike waste >>> products from Uranium and Plutonium reactors, and Thorium is fairly >>> abundant in the Earth's crust. Andrew Yang mentioned Thorium reactors in >>> the second democratic debate. If Biden is elected, he will hopefully become >>> science advisor. AG >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b0cc33e2-db1d-42e2-8085-11c437fd55b4o%40googlegroups.com.
