02648cam a2200493 i 4500 0000029421 20230921135607.0 111115s2012 nyu 001 0 eng 2011047557 9780230116474 (hardback) : $17.00 17046234 DLC eng DLC rda DLC c=Program for Cooperative Cataloging TK9360 .M319 2012 669/.2922 23 SCI024000 SCI034000 bisacsh Martin, Richard, 1958-. Superfuel : thorium, the green energy source for the future / Richard Martin. Super fuel First edition. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 262 pages ; 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes index. "In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is reemerging as the overlooked energy source that can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown"-- Provided by publisher. Thorium. Thorium Separation. Nuclear fuels. Nuclear reactors Design and construction. Nuclear fuels United States History. Nuclear reactors United States Design and construction History. Energy bisacsh. Green Fuel bisacsh. Thorium. Energy Sources. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg 160801 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default xh57 2011-12-22 xh57 2011-12-22 to Dewey rd14 2011-12-28 rf08 2012-05-29 to CALM rf08 2012-05-29 added copy 2; 20230822095114.0 10583 10583 0 0 0 0 cutlib cutlib 2023-09-21 0 TK 9360 MAR BK0048836 2023-09-21 00:00:00 c.037885 2023-09-21 BK