Well: did you win a prize? --Doug
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]>wrote: > My father told me about thorium reactors back when I was in fifth grade and > he was one of the engineers working on the design of the USS Nautilus' > nuclear power plant. Shortly after that, I entered the "Name the Planet > Contest" associated with the TV program "Space Cadets" (or was it "Space > Patrol") in which a new planet had been discovered. I suggested the name > "Thoria" for thorium because "Uranus" was named for uranium, Pluto for > plutonium, etc. (I know they were named for Roman gods but apparently I > didn't then). By the way, there was one first prize (full size replica of > the program's space ship), several second prizes (three-speed bicycles), > and > many third prizes (first aid kits for use in outer space). This was in > 1954? > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > [email protected] [email protected] > 505 995-8715 (home) 505 670-9918 (cell) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Fred Seibel > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 1:20 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Technology Review: Cleaner Nuclear Power? > > Back in the dark ages when I was working in the CTR program at LANL, > then retired James Tuck, the founder of the euphemistically named > Project Sherwood, presented a colloquium in which he analyzed the > future of various energy sources. He concluded that when the lights > began to go out that the world would reconsider the use of nuclear > power in a big way. He then presented data on the "thorium cycle" > which while not as easy to use as pure uranium, I believe he mentioned > the abundance of thoria in the earth's crust made it a relatively easy > fuel to get and would be sufficient for a long time. > > I guess this indicated his pessimism for achieving power generation > from fusion anytime soon. > > Fred > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 12:56 PM , Owen Densmore wrote: > > > Anyone know if thorium is really a breakthrough in terms of nuclear > > power? > > http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx? > > id=19758 > > > > -- Owen > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > >
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