Could particle accelerator technology help solve the world energy crisis?
According to scientists, accelerators might make it possible to use an alternative fuel to produce nuclear energy. Currently, 6 percent of the worlds total energy comes from nuclear reactors; while fossil fuels, a major contributor to global warming, provide approximately 85 percent, according to the International Energy Agency. Nuclear reactors could supply more of the worlds power, but scientists believe that conventional sources of uranium, a natural resource found in the earths crust that serves as fuel for nuclear reactors, are dwindling and could run out within the next century.
