http://home.comcast.net/~robert.hargraves/public_html/ThoriumEnergySecurityAct2010Amended.doc  I’m generally in favor of a free market for energy. However I do think the US government should kick start advanced nuclear power, such as LFTR. I proposed a 5-year priority R&D project with all technology in the public domain, followed by industry development of facilities for assembly line production of LFTRs, 100 MW units that produce electricity cheaper than from coal.  China is doing LFTR development now.  Why include the US government? To get skin in the game. Now the government only says “no”. That’s the role of the NRC and the EPA. The US has zero commitment to advanced nuclear power technologies that can both save the world and rescue our own economy.  Many of my colleagues think the government should leave this all to private enterprise. To follow this path we need to fund the NRC enough so they can be competent to judge the safety of the new technologies; and we need to snowplow a path through the agencies, courts, and NGOs that today can stop any progress in this field.  For more information about LFTR technology and social benefits please visit  http://rethinkingnuclearpower.googlepages.com/aimhigh  http://energyfromthorium.com  http://thoriumenergyallicance.org  (reposted because I had format problems and couldn’t edit)

http://home.comcast.net/~robert.hargraves/public_html/ThoriumEnergySecurityAct2010Amended.docI'm generally in favor of a free market for energy. However I do think the US government should kick start advanced nuclear power, such as LFTR. I proposed a 5-year priority R&D project with all technology in the public domain, followed by industry development of facilities for assembly line production of LFTRs, 100 MW units that produce electricity cheaper than from coal.China is doing LFTR development now.Why include the US government? To get skin in the game. Now the government only says “no”. That’s the role of the NRC and the EPA. The US has zero commitment to advanced nuclear power technologies that can both save the world and rescue our own economy.Many of my colleagues think the government should leave this all to private enterprise. To follow this path we need to fund the NRC enough so they can be competent to judge the safety of the new technologies; and we need to snowplow a path through the agencies, courts, and NGOs that today can stop any progress in this field.For more information about LFTR technology and social benefits please visit http://rethinkingnuclearpower.googlepages.com/aimhigh http://energyfromthorium.com http://thoriumenergyallicance.org