The company's independent directors said the deal with
Thorium -a bid vehicle set up by the management and private equity group GI Partners -was the best option considering the group's current prospects.
The fissile "topping" material used and the burnup define a wide range of
thorium fuel options.
TURBOMACHINES has ARSENIC, BARIUM, BISMUTH, BOHRIUM, BROMINE, CARBON, CERIUM, CESIUM, ERBIUM, IRON, TERBIUM,
THORIUM and TIN Onwards and upwards!
Uranium,
thorium and Iridium anomalies expected in the KT boundary laterite, muds and coal in the Musakhel district areas like Gharwandi, Aram, Kingri, Vitakri, Fort Munro, Shirani and other areas of Vitakri Formation.
Since they operate at normal atmospheric pressures,
thorium reactors do not need a high-pressure containment vessel-- the element that ruptured at Chernobyl.
'In any country with a responsible government, the refinery would have not been issued any licence to construct the plant, let alone generating so much waste contaminated with radioactive
thorium, toxic heavy metals, chemicals and compounds which Lynas has not fully disclosed,' the group alleged.
Kurzawa launched her community involvement in 1987 as a member of the
Thorium Action Group.
Since then observers have found
thorium in other stars and, a decade ago, in the Ursa Minor dwarf galaxy (a member of the Local Group that's 225,000 light-years away).
The sample was then tested for the amount of uranium and
thorium remaining.
India also intends to make thermo-nuclear bombs through its plentiful stock of
thorium (after failure of her first fizzle).
Their discussions included cooperation in areas such as pre-feasibility study to build the first two nuclear reactors in the kingdom, and exploration for uranium and
thorium.