Swiss startup believes this forgotten element is the key to safe nuclear energy
Nuclear energy is making a comeback. However, Swiss startup Transmutex wants to reinvent nuclear energy using a lesser-known element called thorium. In a conventionalnuclear power plant, heat is produced when neutrons collide with a fissionable material like uranium. 40% off TNW Conference! It can also be used to make atomic bombs if it ends up in the wrong hands. This function would have prevented deadly accidents like the Chernobyl power plant disaster in 1986....