Bridging 2 Kinds of Reactors
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In the 1990's, Seth Grae set out to sell a reactor fueled with thorium, which is more plentiful than uranium yet unattractive to countries that want reactors that can make bombs. His idea has not caught on, at least not yet. But along the way, his company, now called Lightbridge, also designed a component for the thorium reactor that it says would be useful in conventional uranium reactors as well.