Pocket Particle Accelerators Like This One Could Bring Safer Nuclear Power to Neighborhoods
Pocket Particle Accelerators Like This One Could Bring Safer Nuclear Power to NeighborhoodsA wee particle accelerator in the English countryside could be a harbinger of a safer, cleaner future of energy. Specifically, nuclear energy, but not the type that has wrought havoc in Japan and controversy throughout Europe and the U.S. It would be based on thorium, a radioactive element that is much more abundant, and much more safe, than traditional sources of nuclear power.
