The second Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC2011) was held at City College in New York from October 10 to 12, 2011, and was hosted by the International Thorium Energy Organization (IThEO).
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Presenting at ThEC2011
Published in ThEC2011 by on October 11th, 2011Flibe Energy in the UK, Part 5: Cambridge
Published in Media/Outreach Strategy by on October 7th, 2011It had been a full week for us, and on Saturday morning Laurence O’Hagan took us for a drive up to Cambridge to see the Baroness and relax some. Riding in a car in the UK was still quite a new experience for me. Sitting in the “drivers side” of a car and having no steering wheel there, as well as driving on the left-hand side of the road, took a bit of getting used to. But the drive from London to Cambridge was lovely and it was nice to see the countryside away from the city.
Within Cambridge we met the Baroness at the gate to Trinity College, where we had a morning appointment with Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, master of Trinity College, and a member of the House of Lords. Continue reading…
Flibe Energy in the UK, Part 4: DECC
Published in Media/Outreach by on October 4th, 2011
We spent a large portion of Friday, September 9th at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where we were privileged to discuss details of LFTR technology, including the details of the power conversion system with top DECC officials. Many DECC staff members then attended the open presentation on LFTR. Keep reading…
Flibe Energy Announces Board of Advisors
Published in Media/Outreach by on September 29th, 2011NEWS RELEASE
September 26, 2011
Board of Advisors Named For Flibe Energy Inc.
Huntsville, Ala. – Flibe Energy Inc. has named six members to the Flibe Energy Board of Advisors. The board members will provide direction and guidance in the continued development and commercialization of the liquid fluoride thorium reactor or LFTR (pronounced “lifter”).
Flibe Energy Inc. is the leader in development of LFTR technology, which harnesses the energy stored in thorium, the Earth’s most abundant and dense natural energy source. A small handful of thorium can supply a lifetime’s energy needs, a small grain silo of thorium could power North America for a year and known thorium reserves could power society for thousands of years.
LFTR can produce not only safe, sustainable electricity, but lifesaving medical radioisotopes, desalinated water and ammonia for agriculture and synthesized fuels in the process. LFTR technology will have tremendous impacts in global energy, medical, agricultural and industrial sectors. Read about the board members…
Flibe Energy in the UK, part 3: Weinberg Launch
Published in Media/Outreach Strategy by on September 25th, 2011
Financial Times: “New Life for Forgotten Fuel”
Published in Media/Outreach by on September 24th, 2011Financial Times: “New Life for Forgotten Fuel”
I think “forgotten fuel” is probably one of the best ways I’ve heard thorium described…and I love the picture of the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment.
Holding a Fluoride Salt for the First Time
Published in Media/Outreach by on September 24th, 2011On Friday, September 23, several of us from Flibe Energy traveled to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a short meeting and a driving tour of some of the historical sites there.
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Thorium Interview with NHPR
Published in Media/Outreach by on September 22nd, 2011I was briefly interviewed today by New Hampshire Public Radio:
NHPR: Too Good to be True?
I think most people will be very surprised to someday discover that the answer to our energy problems was hiding in plain sight since the 1960s.
Flibe Energy in the UK, part 2: Parliamentary Question
Published in Media/Outreach Strategy by on September 22nd, 2011“Can a liability be turned into an asset?”
That was the essential character of the question that Baroness Bryony Worthington asked in the House of Lords on September 7th, 2011. I had the privilege of being in the House of Lords as she asked the question, and the response was very positive from both sides of the chamber. Keep reading…
Flibe Energy in the UK, part 1: DECC and AMR
Published in Media/Outreach Strategy by on September 21st, 2011“Does thorium have a role to play in generating energy for the UK?”
That is the central question that brought Kirk Dorius and me to the United Kingdom as Flibe Energy to participate in the launch of the Weinberg Foundation, a new non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the advancement of thorium and the fluid-fuelled reactor.
Our trip was so full that I have struggled over the last several days to try to communicate much of it to our friends, family members, investors, and other interested parties here in the US, and the series of blog posts that I intend to write will be an attempt to tell the story through words and pictures of all that happened to us there. Keep reading…