After my article last week on the 10 reasons to support nuclear power I wanted to write about the future technologies (fast breeders, thorium and fusion) as I was ending my article on that very topic.

But before doing that I would like to provide you this week some historical insight on nuclear physics and power as well as an overview of the current nuclear market and technologies.

Nuclear fission was achieved less than a century ago (1934). I am confident that nuclear energy will significantly change during the next decades as well. Continue »