Who Killed the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR)?

[kristopher]

29. How did he get that post? He isn't a climatologist

And his Climate Change Chair is funded by the State government - an entity known to be far more interested in (uranium) mining than climate change.

Paydirt 2009 Uranium Conference

...Manufacturers, academics, and analysts all seem to agree that the long term fundamentals for uranium prices are compelling. Francisco Tarin, Purchasing Manager at Enusa, a Spanish joint-venture nuclear fuel rod producer, recently said in an interview, “If it goes up to $50 or $60, that would be reasonable because we have seen much higher prices in recent years and the industry could withstand them.” University of Adelaide professor Barry Brook noted that “should the contributing factors be as acute as predicted, the continuing surge in demand for uranium would be extended by a further 20 years.” His bullish outlook at the Paydirt 2010 Australian Uranium Conference was predicated on his forecasts that rising electricity demand and declining fossil fuel dependence will lead to a global demand for mined uranium resulting in price appreciation of at least four times current valuations. Chinese nuclear analyst at Nomura investment bank, Elaine Wu suggested that, “Uranium is going to be the key focus for China because China is not endowed with a lot of uranium resources. Currently even at 8 gigawatt capacity, China has to import about half of its uranium needs.”

http://uraniuminvestingnews.com/3174/uranium-prices-set-to-climb.html

That is flatly contradicted by MIT and other specialists in nuclear energy.

Selling the expansion of a uranium mine in his home state:
http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/04/05/carbon-footprint-of-the-olympic-dam-uranium-mine-expansion/

Downplaying concerns about effect of Fukushima on uranium demand:

Company Announcement: Climate Change Head Says Japan Nuclear Incident Has Not Killed One Member Of Public But Will Fuel Useful Debate
"Attached please find a press release on: A pro-nuclear advocate says the serious problems faced by the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant has not killed one member of the public, but has generated a new basis on which much wider debate in Australia and overseas can now take place.

Addressing a specially arranged Japan nuclear issues session this afternoon on the first day of the Paydirt 2011 Uranium Conference in Adelaide, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change, University of Adelaide, Professor Barry Brook, said although Fukushima has emerged as a serious Level 5 accident on the international nuclear event scale, it was wrong to call it an ‘accident’ as it was in all effect, an act of God."

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/company-announcement-climate-change-head-says-japan-nuclear-incident-has-not-killed-one-member-of-public-but-will-fuel-useful-debate-2011-03-22


Featured speaker at "Paydirt's 2012 Uranium Conference"
http://www.paydirtsuraniumconference.com/prof-barry-brook/




http://uraniuminvestingnews.com/2839/uranium-demand-set-to-quadruple-by-2050.html