Norway’s next energy boom

With Norway’s petroleum era beginning to wind down, attention is being turned to the potential of thorium as the next power adventure for the coutnry.

The European research center for particle physics, CERN, has been working on the details of building a nuclear power plant based on the element thorium for years, and believes the theoretical problems are solved.
“What is needed now is political will and, not least, money,” said Professor Jon Petter Omtvedt at the Institute for Nuclear Chemistry at the University of Oslo. “A prototype thorium power plant must be built before they can be built on a commercial basis. The day that thorium based power plants can be built on a commercial basis will revolutionize the world’s power supply. Norway, one of the world’s leading energy nations, should take on this task,” Omtvedt said.

Thorium is more abundant than uranium, produces less waste and cannot melt down.

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