South China Morning Post — 18th Feb. 2011 Poor visibility in Hong Kong is mainly caused by photochemical smog. Under sunlight, volatile organic compounds react with nitrogen oxides to form ozone, which in turn helps in the formation of fine particulates. The accumulation of ozone, fine particulates and other gaseous pollutants results in photochemical smog. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2011’
China bets on thorium
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/01/china_thorium_bet/ Brand new nuclear programme within 20 years China has committed itself to establishing an entirely new nuclear energy programme using thorium as a fuel, within 20 years. The LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) is a 4G reactor that uses liquid salt as both fuel and coolant. China uses the more general term TMSR [...]