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Subtitled "Thorium, the Zero-Risk Energy Source for the Future". A riveting look at how an alternate source of energy is revolutionising nuclear power, promising a safe and clean future for millions, and why thorium was sidelined at the height of the Cold War. Thorium's story is a rediscovery of a long lost technology, and how its plans were sidelined in favour of atomic power.
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, an alternate source of energy and how it is revolutionizing nuclear power, promising a safe and clean future for millions, and why thorium was sidelined at the height of the Cold War.
