While using throium in nuclear reactors has been around for several decades it is only recently that the energy output of the reactors have reached a capacity suitable fora power plant.

This as-eco-friendly-as-it-gets uranium alternative will not will not cause a reaction unless prompted by a laser and has no chance of a meltdown. The plutonioum byproduct created by this element is not weapons grade and will only last for one millennium as opposed to uraniums weapons grade byproduct that floats around for 10 millennum! This miracle worker can also remove any other radioactive waste.

With global warming on the rise and global awareness at an all time high governments should be looking for a safe, effective and practical power source that creates little or no pollution and enough energy to power tens of thousands of houses for days. Nuclear is the best answer and while nothing is wrong with the uranium reactors there is that small chance of a meltdown (Remember Chernobyl?), it creates weapons-grade plutonium and the waste will last for many, many generations to come.

I got this information from the fantastic Austrailian science magazine, Cosmos!

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Sounds like a really interesting and plausible method of alternative energy sources.

Apparently, a new Solar Tower is being built in the outback of Australia. That too looks magnificant.

I was in a presentation of physics some months ago and they were already talking about Fusion power plants, they showed different models how it will look and a movie how it works and stuff and what gave me a shock that it is already being build and might be finished after 10-16 years, as I remember in France.. So it will really produce much more energy than nuclear power (and will be safe/safer for the environment ?) I remember playing games where I needed to build Fusion Power Plants, but that day I saw how the scientists thought of to control that reaction in a plasma state and make energy out of it. So I think in English it is called thermonuclear fusion, or thermonuclear reaction. I didn't really get into it, might google it if some information is available.

Oh, it is available in wikipedia -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power and there is even more information on google.

One millenium instad of ten is still one millenium too much. Whe should really start thinking on not-at-all spoiling energies. Have a huge solar cell on your hat for giving power to your mp3 player instead of having a battery cell is one very simple example. Just have to imagine a nice solar-celled hat and find some sexy girls for the advertisement.