Thorium Energy For The World: Proceedings Of The Thec13 Conference, Cern, Globe Of Science And Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013
by Jean-Pierre Revol /
2016 / English / PDF
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The Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC13) gathered some of the
world’s leading experts on thorium technologies to review the
possibility of destroying nuclear waste in the short term, and
replacing the uranium fuel cycle in nuclear systems with the
thorium fuel cycle in the long term. The latter would provide
abundant, reliable and safe energy with no CO2 production, no air
pollution, and minimal waste production.
The Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC13) gathered some of the
world’s leading experts on thorium technologies to review the
possibility of destroying nuclear waste in the short term, and
replacing the uranium fuel cycle in nuclear systems with the
thorium fuel cycle in the long term. The latter would provide
abundant, reliable and safe energy with no CO2 production, no air
pollution, and minimal waste production.
The participants, representatives of 30 countries, included Carlo
Rubbia, Nobel Prize Laureate in physics and inventor of the
Energy Amplifier; Jack Steinberger, Nobel Prize Laureate in
physics; Hans Blix, former Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Rolf Heuer, Director General of
CERN; Pascal Couchepin, former President of the Swiss
Confederation; and Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE, to name
just a few.
The participants, representatives of 30 countries, included Carlo
Rubbia, Nobel Prize Laureate in physics and inventor of the
Energy Amplifier; Jack Steinberger, Nobel Prize Laureate in
physics; Hans Blix, former Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Rolf Heuer, Director General of
CERN; Pascal Couchepin, former President of the Swiss
Confederation; and Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE, to name
just a few.
The ThEC13 proceedings are a source of reference on the use of
thorium for energy generation. They offer detailed technical
reviews of the status of thorium energy technologies, from basic
R&D to industrial developments.
The ThEC13 proceedings are a source of reference on the use of
thorium for energy generation. They offer detailed technical
reviews of the status of thorium energy technologies, from basic
R&D to industrial developments.
They also describe how thorium can be used in critical reactors
and in subcritical accelerator-driven systems (ADS), answering
the important questions:
They also describe how thorium can be used in critical reactors
and in subcritical accelerator-driven systems (ADS), answering
the important questions:
– Why is thorium so attractive and what is the role of
innovation, in particular in the nuclear energy domain?
– Why is thorium so attractive and what is the role of
innovation, in particular in the nuclear energy domain?
– What are the national and international R&D programs on
thorium technologies and how are they progressing?
– What are the national and international R&D programs on
thorium technologies and how are they progressing?
ThEC13 was organized jointly by the international Thorium Energy
Committee (iThEC), an association based in Geneva, and the
International Thorium Energy Organisation (IThEO). It was held in
the Globe of Science and Innovation at the European Organization
for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, in October
2013.
ThEC13 was organized jointly by the international Thorium Energy
Committee (iThEC), an association based in Geneva, and the
International Thorium Energy Organisation (IThEO). It was held in
the Globe of Science and Innovation at the European Organization
for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, in October
2013.
