Nuclear energy: Thorium fuel has risks

¹Stephen F. Ashley is a research associate in nuclear engineering in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

²Geoffrey T. Parks is a senior lecturer in nuclear engineering in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

³William J. Nuttall is professor of energy in the Department of Design, Development, Environment and Materials, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

⁴Colin Boxall is director of Energy Lancaster, Engineering Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

⁵Robin W. Grimes is director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.