Research Proposal

Steffen Guenzel

SP 2013

Date: 2/3/2014 To: Steffen Guenzel From: Jake H. Endsley Subject of my paper: Liquid Fluoride !oriu" #ea$tors Purpose: My Major and why writing about this topic will be beneficial to me: %y "a&or is ele$tri$al en'ineerin'. !oriu" (ased nu$lear rea$tors are a for" of )o*er 'eneration. !is is a to)i$ t!at interests "e and !as to do *it! "y field. %e"(ers of "y fa"ily are also in+ol+ed in t!e nu$lear )o*er industry. Preliminary Thesis/Argument: #e$ent disasters su$! as t!e Fukus!i"a in$ident in &a)an !a+e raised questions a(out t!e safety of usin' nu$lear )o*er. !oriu" is a s)e$ulati+e safer alternati+e to t!e use of uraniu" (ased fuels. !is !as )ro")ted "e to furt!er in+esti'ate t!e effi$a$y of t!oriu" (ased rea$tors. ntended audience: !e )ortion of t!e 'eneral )o)ula$e t!at is unsure if nu$lear )o*er is a safe and et!i$al t!in' to use. ,s *ell as u) and $o"in' en'ineers and in+estors interested in t!e te$!nolo'y. Types of research areas: - *ill only use t!e t*o s$!olarly and internet resear$!. Field resear$! on !oriu" (ased rea$tors is li"ited as of no*. and *ould require a lar'e (ud'et and qualifi$ations to rea$! $urrent esta(lis!"ents of resear$! and )ra$ti$e *it! t!oriu" rea$tors. !inds of sources: - *ill use and *!y t!ey *ill (enefit "y )a)er/ - !o)e to )resent a )ie$e t!at *ill state )eo)les fears a(out nu$lear )o*er0*!y t!ere is a )ro(le"1. ,nd !o)efully dis)el t!e" *it! fa$ts a(out resear$! and )ra$ti$e in t!e dire$tion of "akin' nu$lear )o*er a safer )ra$ti$e. "raphs or charts: 2o 'ra)!s0yet1 Documentation Style: - *ill (e usin' t!e 3!i$a'o "anual of style as )er -EEE 0-nstitute of ele$tri$al and ele$troni$s en'ineers1. Tentati#e $ist of %eferences: http://www&ralphmoir&com/wp' content/uploads/()*(/*)/hargra#es()*)+(&pdf http://energyfromthorium&com/thorium/ http://pubs&acs&org/doi/full/*)&*)(*/es()(*,*http://www&forbes&com/sites/williampentland/()**/)./**/is'thorium'the'biggest'energy' brea/through'since'fire'possibly/