David Cornell, professor emeritus of physics at Principia College, will be the featured speaker at the KIwanis Club of Edmonds meeting Tuesday, Jan. 13. The topic is “Nuclear Energy in Hiding: Thorium.”
This summary, from the Kiwanis Club:
Nuclear power for peacetime applications developed along the lines of uranium fission after World War II. It continued during the Cold war, when nuclear weapons were built in increasing numbers. Now the world suffers from a bad image of nuclear energy, owing to the results of the physics of uranium fission and reactor systems based upon it. Hidden in history is the development of thorium, which lost a war of words with uranium in 1970. This talk explores the promise of thorium as an alternate fuel, suggesting that the world should adopt it as a safer and sustainable fuel that can provide power cheaper than coal without adding to our carbon footprint.
The meeting starts at noon Jan. 13 at the Pancake Haus in Edmonds.
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