Isn't elephant in the room Thorium?
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Originally Posted by DDG
Thorium Vs. Coal: And the Hands-Down Winner Is ...
https://bearroombrawl.wordpress.com/...own-winner-is/
There is a syntax problem here. Evidently the thorium in a ton of coal produces 13 times the energy generated from burning the coal. That seems to be more or less in line with the Oak Ridge figures which show that the thorium is far more energy productive than the coal.
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Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste ...
large.stanford.edu/publications/coal/references/hvistendahl/
At issue is coal's content of uranium and thorium, both radioactive elements. They occur in such trace amounts in natural, or "whole," coal that they aren't a problem. But when coal is burned into fly ash, uranium and thorium are concentrated at up to 10 |
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