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Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy

PBS Space Time

Season 2019Episode 20Aired 2019-07-01
Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy

Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy

Energy too cheap to meter - that was the promise of nuclear power in the 1950s, at least according to Lewis Strauss chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. That promise has not come to pass - but with some incredible new technologies, perhaps it still could. The question is - should it?