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Subject:	1 November 2011 Physics Club Minutes

November 1, 2011

      The Physics Club met in Ulmer 222 at 12:15. The club noted that there will be a demo 
show this Friday at 12:30PM. There will be a practice for other upcoming demo shows next 
Monday at 9PM. After discussing the shows, Dr. Cullin began his presentation on thorium 
energy. Dr. Cullin told the group that thorium energy, a type of nuclear energy, could be a safer 
and more abundant supply of energy than current nuclear fuels while holding many advantages 
over other types of energy as well. He then discussed some information about how liquid 
fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs) worked and the advantages of those reactors. Afterwards, he 
detailed many of the reasons why thorium energy is currently not in wide use, starting from 
political affairs in the 1970s and ending on the fear of nuclear energy that is prevalent in today’s 
society.  In closing, we watched the first five minutes of a video discussing thorium energy. A 
link is posted below.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__yYbsZ4

If anyone is interested in doing the demo shows please contact Zac at zbarciko@lhup.edu . 

Upcoming events: 
-Dr. Wheeler’s planetarium show will be next Tuesday, November 8th at 5:30PM. 

      Officer e-mail addresses as well as information about the club can be found online at 
http://www.lhup.edu/jreid/phyclub.htm.

      Physics Club will be meeting next week in Ulmer 219 at 12:15 PM on Tuesday.