Heard the claim that coal ash contains 13 times more energy from the Thorium in it than the actual coal that was burned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2wa6Pk ... AxFmee1oSA
Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal?
Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
I've heard that ash from coal releases far more radioactivity than a reasonably operated nuclear facility.
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.
Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
My recollection is that the values are 5X from uranium and ~7X from thorium. I might be misremembering a bit.
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Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
That of course does not include a "meltdown"
I am not a nuclear physicist, but play one on the internet.
Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
A melt-down isn't a "reasonably operating nuclear facility". But actually, it should include a meltdown, just not a dispersive hydrogen explosion.
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Besides, meltdowns are usually caused by something going stupidly wrong (as in Chernobyl and TMI) or catastrophically wrong (such as Fukushima, where the design was ALMOST good enough to withstand an earthquake and tsunami an order of magnitude greater than it was designed for) - and we've learned from mistakes.KitemanSA wrote:A melt-down isn't a "reasonably operating nuclear facility". But actually, it should include a meltdown, just not a dispersive hydrogen explosion.
After all, it doesn't take much to harden a reactor in Germany against tsunamis...
When opinion and reality conflict - guess which one is going to win in the long run.
Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
TMI is not even near the same league as the other two.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal
IIRC, the only real difference between TMI and Fuku is that at TMI, someone had the stacks to say FU and vent the H2 outdoors rather than letting it accumulate to explosive levels within the containment.ladajo wrote:TMI is not even near the same league as the other two.