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30 September 2014,

India: The first Thorium-Powered Nation?

Amit Bhandari, Energy and Environment Fellow, Gateway House, was quoted in an article in the online magazine Wealth Daily on whether thorium could be the answer to India's energy needs

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Thorium already powers the Earth, so why not nuclear power plants? The radioactive element is safer, more abundant, and cheaper to extract and handle than the nuclear power fuel of choice uranium. It is so plentiful on Earth and so effective at generating heat that its radiation makes a measurable contribution to our planet’s internal heat.

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