Cold Fusion Is Back

Quote from peilthetraveler:

LOL....The first sentence says it all....

Eng. Andrea A. Rossi and Professor Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna...
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Are you implying these guys are full of bologna?
 
Far more interesting for nuclear power than all this cold fusion nonsense is China's announcement of a development program for thorium fueled molten salt reactors:

http://energyfromthorium.com/2011/01/30/china-initiates-tmsr/

Molten salt thorium fueled reactors potentially have many advantages over current uranium fueled thermal reactors including:

* Near atmospheric pressure operation avoiding the need for expensive high pressure vessels.

* Very high fuel burn up with plenty of thorium for thousands of years.

* Very small high level waste stream safe after a few hundred years

* Higher temperature operation leading to better thermal efficiency

* Very safe with very simple, elegant safety systems.

* Highly resistant to weapons proliferation

The US has very few years left before it's lead in nuclear engineering and technology is gone forever.
 
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