Lightbridge Corporation (LTBR)

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Support for Thorium in science and industry is growing, the problem remains in politics and most importantly finance.

Even though I have no recent information on the status of LTB17-Th18™. The company had a slide on page 7 of their February 23, 2011 Jefferies Technology Conference Presentation, that projects 14 reactors running the seed and blanket fuel in 2025. 2011 Jefferies Conference

The best assessment of the Lightbridge’s RTPI design vs. MOX came out in 2005. I highly recommend reading it.

Westinghouse: Program for Disposition of Weapons Grade Plutoniumin a Plutonium-Thorium Cycle

“In summary, based on the overall assessment of the risks and potential benefits of pursuing the RTPI concept, it is Westinghouse’s opinion that proceeding to the LTA stage is prudent. From the review that we have performed to date, it appears that the technology is well founded and has a good prospect for success based on our previous US experience and Russian experience with metal fuels. The true economics of this plutonium disposition approach compared to the MOX approach are likely to be favorable if existing facilities can be used with only the modifications necessary to accomplish the fabrication of the plutonium-thorium seed and blanket fuel.”

That's another reason I'd really like to know what happened to Mr. Robert H. Ihde.
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"He served at AREVA, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster from 2000 to 2005, where Mr. Ihde was responsible for the carrying out the US MOX (Mixed Oxide) fuel program