Joomla! site syndication http://www.thoriumenergy.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:15:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.thoriumenergy.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.thoriumenergy.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.thoriumenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28 The Green Alternative Thorium: The Lemhi Pass district has the largest known resource of thorium veins in the United States” US Geological SurveyThorium Energy, Inc. has one of the largest documented high-grade thorium properties in the world-approximately 80% of the U.S. known and estimated reserves. Thorium is a superior nuclear fuel and has several important advantages over uranium:Thorium powered nuclear reactors are more efficient and produce less than 1% of the waste of today's uranium nuclear reactors.Thorium reactors are safer, less expensive, smaller and can be configured to eliminate the possibility of melt downs or accidents.Thorium does not produce plutonium and thus, could effectively eliminate further weapons production in volatile regions and reduce proliferation on a global scale, thus ending stalemate arguments over dubious nuclear programs such as exist in Iran and North Korea. Proprietary thorium technology, capable of safely and efficiently dismantling nuclear stockpiles and eliminating spent uranium, now exists. Rare Earth Metals: The Lemhi Pass thorium veins not only have substantial resources of rare earths but also tend to be abnormally enriched in Nd (neodymium).” - US Geological Survey In addition, Thorium Energy, Inc. also has large resources and reserves of high-grade, rare earth metals within its properties. The United States uses over $1 Billion of rare earth metals annually - the majority of which is becoming increasingly owned by and imported from China at a rapid pace. Rare earth metals are VITALLY important to the US national security and defense.Rare earth metals are CRITICAL to many green technologies such as; wind generation, hybrid vehicles and magnets. Rare earth metals have a growing US government and industrial demand, and a supply that is INCREASINGLY jeopardized by restrictive Chinese export quotas.United States Government Thorium Legislation (Also see Legislation Tab )Senate Bill, S.3680: Senator's Orin Hatch and Harry Reid - To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 in order to provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power development as a prelude to electrical generation. http://s04.flagcounter.com/more/iiQ ><img (http://s04.flagcounter.com/more/iiQ%22%3E%3Cimg) src= http://s04.flagcounter.com/count/iiQ/bg=FFFFFF/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/columns=3/maxflags=15/viewers=TEI+visitors/labels=1/ (http://s04.flagcounter.com/count/iiQ/bg=FFFFFF/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/columns=3/maxflags=15/viewers=TEI+visitors/labels=1/) alt= free counters border= 0 ></a> News - Thorium News Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:54:20 +0100