Newsletter of the Science Council for Global Initiatives - thesciencecouncil.com - August 2013

Vote for Tom Blees to give a talk at MIT on how
"Integral Fast Reactors Can Power the Planet"

In a proposal for MIT's Climate CoLab, Tom Blees, president of SCGI, explains that "Mass-producible integral fast reactor modules can power every country on earth for nearly a millennium with waste products already at hand. "

Tom's proposal has made it into the final round of judging and is now being voted on by the public. If it either garners sufficient votes or is supported by the judges, Tom will be invited to present the proposal at an MIT conference in November 2013. Previous winners have sometimes been given the opportunity to present their proposals to the UN and the US Congress.

If you'd like to read the proposal and support it with your vote, you can find it here. On the right side of that site you will see a link to vote, which requires a brief registration procedure:

1. Make sure to put at least 8 characters in your password.
2. No spaces in your screen name.
3. The bio and photo are entirely optional, you can disregard those fields.

When talking with people about Integral Fast Reactor technology, people often ask where they might find a brief written explanation. Tom's proposal on the MIT site is a great place to direct friends and acquaintances who might be interested in learning about it. The proposal provides a succinct overview of both the technology itself and the grand vision of what its use can mean for humanity. Besides introducing them to the IFR concepts, directing them to the proposal on the MIT site (via personal email, Facebook, etc.) will also give them the opportunity to support the proposal and increase the likelihood that the message will reach a much wider audience.

With your support and vote, we can present the IFR to MIT and beyond.