TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,Richard
TI  - Superfuel: thorium, the green energy source for the future 
SN  - 9780230116474 (hardback) :
AV  - TK9360 .M319 2012
U1  - 669/.2922 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Thorium
KW  - Separation
KW  - Nuclear fuels
KW  - Nuclear reactors
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Energy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Green Fuel
KW  - Energy Sources
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -