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https://world-nuclear.org/information-library.aspx World Nuclear Information Library<br/> | https://world-nuclear.org/information-library.aspx World Nuclear Information Library<br/> | ||
https://ourworldindata.org section on Energy and Environment<br/> | https://ourworldindata.org section on Energy and Environment<br/> | ||
'''Waste'''<br/> | |||
Natural radioactivity in the ocean is huge (see Fig. 4) but localized concentrations could cause a problem if radioactive nuclides are absorbed by plankton and caught up in the food chain.<ref>https://e360.yale.edu/features/radioactivity_in_the_ocean_diluted_but_far_from_harmless</ref> | |||
{{Image|Ocean radioactivity 213855 411015.jpg|right|350px|{{creditline|C|Image|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution}}<br/> | |||
Fig.4 Human sources are small compared to natural radioactivity in the ocean.<ref>https://www.whoi.edu/multimedia/source-of-radioactivity-in-the-ocean/</ref>}} | |||
'''Proliferation'''<br/> | '''Proliferation'''<br/> | ||
https://www.nature.com/articles/492031a Ashley 2012, Thorium fuel has risks<br/> | https://www.nature.com/articles/492031a Ashley 2012, Thorium fuel has risks<br/> | ||
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https://thorconpower.com/docs/ccc_shrt20180530.pdf - Control, Cool and Contain<br/> | https://thorconpower.com/docs/ccc_shrt20180530.pdf - Control, Cool and Contain<br/> | ||
== Physics == | == Science == | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements | |||
=== Physics === | |||
= Reading List = | = Reading List = | ||
Latest revision as of 12:34, 9 October 2021
Bookshelf
Engineering
Nuclear
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library.aspx World Nuclear Information Library
https://ourworldindata.org section on Energy and Environment
Waste
Natural radioactivity in the ocean is huge (see Fig. 4) but localized concentrations could cause a problem if radioactive nuclides are absorbed by plankton and caught up in the food chain.[1]
Fig.4 Human sources are small compared to natural radioactivity in the ocean.[2]
Proliferation
https://www.nature.com/articles/492031a Ashley 2012, Thorium fuel has risks
ThorCon
https://thorconpower.com/ - Powering up our world, brochure
https://thorconpower.com/docs/docs_v130_isle20190315.pdf - construction of ThorCon Isle, 2018
https://thorconpower.com/docs/docs_safeguards_pub.pdf - best on proliferation issues
https://thorconpower.com/docs/ccc_shrt20180530.pdf - Control, Cool and Contain
Science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements