Seven million unnecessary deaths per year
1. According to the world health organization , 7 million people die each year as a resultof air pollution.
2. There are also the deaths caused by coal mining, explosions of off shore drilling rigs.
3. Each year 39.8 billion tons of CO2 are pumped into the atmosphere.
4. There is also pollution of the ocean by spillage of crude oil from tankers.
5. We have already killed off 40 % of the phytoplankton in the oceans. all fish life is
dependent on phytoplankton. when all of the phytoplankton are gone, the ocean will be a
desert, and there will be no fish. some authors feel that we will reach a point soon when all
phytoplankton will disappear, along with all of the fish.
6. Acidification of the ocean. It is because of the acidification , that the phytoplankton are
disappearing. The acidification is directly due to CO2
7. The quality of life has been degraded because of air pollution. The smog in Los
Angeles and also in Beijing makes life miserable.
8. Global warming is caused by the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere. When the ice
caps melt we will lose a tenth of the world land due to rising ocean levels, and this will create
wars, as people fight for the remaining land. If we have runaway warming, it may cause the
complete extinction of life on this earth.
9. Burning coal produces large areas of strip mining and also produces large amounts of
coal ash which contains mercury, arsenic, sulfur, radon. These are leaching into the ground
water and also being carried to the oceans.
10. The acidification of the oceans is also causing the coral reefs to disappear.
11. A large cruise ship uses about 467000 gallons of fuel to make a seven day cruise, and
when large ships leave port and get out onto the “ocean” they burn bunker fuel which is
similar to asphalt and is very dirty. It contains sulfur , mercury, arsenic and other poisons.
12. The burning of fossil fuels should have stopped 50 years ago but since that didn't
happen, it needs to be stopped this year.
THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER
1. Nuclear power plants now produce 11% of the worlds power and they have produced
no CO2.
2. There have only been 102 deaths caused by nuclear power plants. There were 100
people who died as a direct result of radiation received when trying to cap Chernobyl.
There were no fatalities as a result of three mile island , and only two people died as a result
of Fukushima, and they died of drowning. In sixty years of power production, 102 deaths
represents 1.7 deaths per year related to nuclear power plants as compared to 7 million due
burning fossil fuels, and the press thinks that nuclear power is dangerous.
3. You would expect an increased incidence of cancer in the survivors of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, however it is actually decreased. Radiation danger is grossly over dramatized by
the press.
4. Nearly all of the increased radiation levels that are present now are the result of
hundreds of nuclear bombs that were exploded for testing.
5. The press has scared the general population into a frenzy and there are organizations
who are trying to eliminate all nuclear power plants.
A NEW TYPE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR
1. There is a type of nuclear reactor which cannot melt down, and it can’t explode.
2. It is a Lithium Fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR)
3. It also can burn the uranium rods which are presently being stored as nuclear waste.
4. A lifter reactor is walkaway safe. If you leave a LFTR reactor, it will run for days
without any explosion or other bad effect.
5. The LFTR reactor also produces some radioisotopes which are very valuable.
6. The production of bismuth 213 which is an alpha emitter that can be attached to
antibodies that attach to cancer cells and since the alpha radiation is only effective for about
one millimeter, it can irradiate the tumor without radiating the adjacent tissue. This may be
a golden bullet in the treatment of cancer.
7. The LFTR reactor also produces plutonium which is useful for radionuclide thermal
generators (RTG)’s WE have used up all of this material and also all of Russia’s, and it is
entirely necessary for deep space travel. In deep space travel solar arrays are no longer useful
since the sun is too distant. The voyagers used RTG power, and so they were able to do
experiments and transmit data even after they left the solar system. We need plutonium 238.
8. Also iodine 131 is produced and this is useful in treating hyperthyroidism and also useful
in treating thyroid cancer.
9. The LFTR also produces cesium and strontium isotopes which are useful.
10. There is no danger of running out of thorium in the next thousand years, whereas the
amount of uranium is definitely limited, and we will run out soon.
11. Thorium is 3 to 4 times as common as uranium, and it is 300 to 400 times as common
as the uranium 235 which is presently used in our nuclear reactors and of that U 235 only
less than one % is used, and the rest is contaminated.
12. All of the worlds power could be produced using LFTR reactors, and these could
completely replace fossil fuels. the LFTR’s could produce electricity to provide for all needs.
Diesel fuel could be produced from electricity. And cars could be run on electric batteries. all
of the 39.8 billion tons of CO2 would no longer be added to the atmosphere and air
pollution would be eliminated. Global warming would be slowed or eliminated.
13. The present reactors use water as a coolant and since steam is needed to run the
turbines , the water needs to be at 2150 pounds of pressure in order to get it to 300 degrees to
make for efficient production of electricity. These reactors are called light water reactors
(LWR). these type of reactors need large concrete containment domes to contain the steam
in case there is a leak in the steam pipes. These LWR reactors also need large cooling towers,
and it is the large containment domes and the cooling tower , and the intricate regulating
measures which make the LWR’s so expensive to build.
14. The LFTR’s use liquid salt as a heat transfer agent, and since it can be up to 1300
degrees without boiling, it is a much more efficient heat transfer agent, and since it is already
melted, it can’t meltdown, and it can;t explode since it is already at atmospheric pressure. If
there is a break in the pipes, it simply runs down into a tub which is under the reactor, where
is solidifies into a salt and there is no speed of radiation.
15. LFTR’s produce no nuclides which are capable of use in a nuclear bomb, and therefore
are a much safer alternative to be developed for use in all countries. LWR reactors were
developed because the government needed plutonium for the use in nuclear bombs, and so
they were developed instead of the LFTR reactor.
16. The only way that we are going to get LFTR reactors is by raising the publics awareness
of the dangers of burning fossil fuels and the safety of the LFTR .
17. LFTR REACTORS NEED TO BE RESEARCHED, AND PRODUCED IN
FACTORIES
18. AND SOLD TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS BY THE USA. THE PATENTS
SHOULD BE GIVEN FREELY TO ALL SO THAT THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE
WORLD CAN HELP IN THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
REACTORS. THIS IS NECESSARY IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE WORLD.
WHAT MUST BE DONE
1. We need one million college and high school students to join lifter.us and for those students to sign a petition for the USA Government to loosen the requirements for building LFTR reactors, and to pledge at least one billion dollars, preferably ten billion, towards research and development of a LFTR reactor design which can be mass
produced. Ten billion dollars is only the cost of one LWR reactor. Adults will not do this it
can only be accomplished by student action. It is our world. Lets save it. SIGN THE PETITION
- Charles D. Soucek, MD
1. According to the world health organization , 7 million people die each year as a resultof air pollution.
2. There are also the deaths caused by coal mining, explosions of off shore drilling rigs.
3. Each year 39.8 billion tons of CO2 are pumped into the atmosphere.
4. There is also pollution of the ocean by spillage of crude oil from tankers.
5. We have already killed off 40 % of the phytoplankton in the oceans. all fish life is
dependent on phytoplankton. when all of the phytoplankton are gone, the ocean will be a
desert, and there will be no fish. some authors feel that we will reach a point soon when all
phytoplankton will disappear, along with all of the fish.
6. Acidification of the ocean. It is because of the acidification , that the phytoplankton are
disappearing. The acidification is directly due to CO2
7. The quality of life has been degraded because of air pollution. The smog in Los
Angeles and also in Beijing makes life miserable.
8. Global warming is caused by the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere. When the ice
caps melt we will lose a tenth of the world land due to rising ocean levels, and this will create
wars, as people fight for the remaining land. If we have runaway warming, it may cause the
complete extinction of life on this earth.
9. Burning coal produces large areas of strip mining and also produces large amounts of
coal ash which contains mercury, arsenic, sulfur, radon. These are leaching into the ground
water and also being carried to the oceans.
10. The acidification of the oceans is also causing the coral reefs to disappear.
11. A large cruise ship uses about 467000 gallons of fuel to make a seven day cruise, and
when large ships leave port and get out onto the “ocean” they burn bunker fuel which is
similar to asphalt and is very dirty. It contains sulfur , mercury, arsenic and other poisons.
12. The burning of fossil fuels should have stopped 50 years ago but since that didn't
happen, it needs to be stopped this year.
THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER
1. Nuclear power plants now produce 11% of the worlds power and they have produced
no CO2.
2. There have only been 102 deaths caused by nuclear power plants. There were 100
people who died as a direct result of radiation received when trying to cap Chernobyl.
There were no fatalities as a result of three mile island , and only two people died as a result
of Fukushima, and they died of drowning. In sixty years of power production, 102 deaths
represents 1.7 deaths per year related to nuclear power plants as compared to 7 million due
burning fossil fuels, and the press thinks that nuclear power is dangerous.
3. You would expect an increased incidence of cancer in the survivors of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, however it is actually decreased. Radiation danger is grossly over dramatized by
the press.
4. Nearly all of the increased radiation levels that are present now are the result of
hundreds of nuclear bombs that were exploded for testing.
5. The press has scared the general population into a frenzy and there are organizations
who are trying to eliminate all nuclear power plants.
A NEW TYPE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR
1. There is a type of nuclear reactor which cannot melt down, and it can’t explode.
2. It is a Lithium Fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR)
3. It also can burn the uranium rods which are presently being stored as nuclear waste.
4. A lifter reactor is walkaway safe. If you leave a LFTR reactor, it will run for days
without any explosion or other bad effect.
5. The LFTR reactor also produces some radioisotopes which are very valuable.
6. The production of bismuth 213 which is an alpha emitter that can be attached to
antibodies that attach to cancer cells and since the alpha radiation is only effective for about
one millimeter, it can irradiate the tumor without radiating the adjacent tissue. This may be
a golden bullet in the treatment of cancer.
7. The LFTR reactor also produces plutonium which is useful for radionuclide thermal
generators (RTG)’s WE have used up all of this material and also all of Russia’s, and it is
entirely necessary for deep space travel. In deep space travel solar arrays are no longer useful
since the sun is too distant. The voyagers used RTG power, and so they were able to do
experiments and transmit data even after they left the solar system. We need plutonium 238.
8. Also iodine 131 is produced and this is useful in treating hyperthyroidism and also useful
in treating thyroid cancer.
9. The LFTR also produces cesium and strontium isotopes which are useful.
10. There is no danger of running out of thorium in the next thousand years, whereas the
amount of uranium is definitely limited, and we will run out soon.
11. Thorium is 3 to 4 times as common as uranium, and it is 300 to 400 times as common
as the uranium 235 which is presently used in our nuclear reactors and of that U 235 only
less than one % is used, and the rest is contaminated.
12. All of the worlds power could be produced using LFTR reactors, and these could
completely replace fossil fuels. the LFTR’s could produce electricity to provide for all needs.
Diesel fuel could be produced from electricity. And cars could be run on electric batteries. all
of the 39.8 billion tons of CO2 would no longer be added to the atmosphere and air
pollution would be eliminated. Global warming would be slowed or eliminated.
13. The present reactors use water as a coolant and since steam is needed to run the
turbines , the water needs to be at 2150 pounds of pressure in order to get it to 300 degrees to
make for efficient production of electricity. These reactors are called light water reactors
(LWR). these type of reactors need large concrete containment domes to contain the steam
in case there is a leak in the steam pipes. These LWR reactors also need large cooling towers,
and it is the large containment domes and the cooling tower , and the intricate regulating
measures which make the LWR’s so expensive to build.
14. The LFTR’s use liquid salt as a heat transfer agent, and since it can be up to 1300
degrees without boiling, it is a much more efficient heat transfer agent, and since it is already
melted, it can’t meltdown, and it can;t explode since it is already at atmospheric pressure. If
there is a break in the pipes, it simply runs down into a tub which is under the reactor, where
is solidifies into a salt and there is no speed of radiation.
15. LFTR’s produce no nuclides which are capable of use in a nuclear bomb, and therefore
are a much safer alternative to be developed for use in all countries. LWR reactors were
developed because the government needed plutonium for the use in nuclear bombs, and so
they were developed instead of the LFTR reactor.
16. The only way that we are going to get LFTR reactors is by raising the publics awareness
of the dangers of burning fossil fuels and the safety of the LFTR .
17. LFTR REACTORS NEED TO BE RESEARCHED, AND PRODUCED IN
FACTORIES
18. AND SOLD TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS BY THE USA. THE PATENTS
SHOULD BE GIVEN FREELY TO ALL SO THAT THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE
WORLD CAN HELP IN THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
REACTORS. THIS IS NECESSARY IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE WORLD.
WHAT MUST BE DONE
1. We need one million college and high school students to join lifter.us and for those students to sign a petition for the USA Government to loosen the requirements for building LFTR reactors, and to pledge at least one billion dollars, preferably ten billion, towards research and development of a LFTR reactor design which can be mass
produced. Ten billion dollars is only the cost of one LWR reactor. Adults will not do this it
can only be accomplished by student action. It is our world. Lets save it. SIGN THE PETITION
- Charles D. Soucek, MD