DBI is an aerospace company that has spent more than 30 years in the quiet research and development of thorium-fueled nuclear reactors. DBI is now ready to make its research public and offer-for the first time in history - safe, clean, affordable, abundant, carbon-free energy on a national scale.

How is the DBI reactor design different from conventional nuclear designs?

Imagine filling your personal automobile with a full tank of special gasoline that allows you to drive the vehicle for 4 years without a refill However, after using only 3% of the gas in the tank (at the 4 year mark), you must dump the remaining 97% of the fuel due to contamination and refill the entire tank for another 4-year cycle. This is analogous to the conventional, uranium reactors of today.

Now, imagine filling your gas tank in that same automobile with DBI’s special gasoline blend. This gas allows you to drive your vehicle for 25 years with little waste by-product. Additionally, after the 25 years has passed, you can transfer that same gasoline into another vehicle's fuel tank and run that next vehicle for another 25 years using the same gasoline.

The radioactive waste component of today’s conventional nuclear plants is a major burden to say the least. When the uranium cycle of today was being born in the 1950’s (Atoms for Peace), the waste problem was not anticipated to reach the dangerous levels of today. Organizations and companies operating with conventional nuclear power tried for years without success to reduce this waste from the nuclear cycle.

However, DBI began exploring the use of thorium as a reactor fuel over 30 years ago. This research started with the realization that the waste component of the thorium fuel cycle would be drastically smaller than today’s nuclear plants produce.

With so many benefits, why has this type of design not matured sooner?

In the past ten years, computer technology was developed that allowed us to move thorium forward as a viable nuclear fuel source. The key factor in the computer analysis is discerning the difference in the reactions of thorium and U238.

The DBI Thorium Reactor program offers a low-cost, long-lasting, safe energy technology that:

• Eliminates production of greenhouse gases
• Dramatically lowers the volume and toxicity of waste
• Significantly improves reactor safety
• Removes the hazards associated with current fuel production
• Operates in an environmentally safe manner
• Prevents nuclear weapons proliferation
• Significantly reduces reactor size and complexity
• Drastically reduces fuel costs, making hydrogen production economical
• Lasts for hundreds of years . . .  acting as a bridge from oil to fusion

The majority of the company’s present efforts are in preparation for entering the Design Review process with pertinent regulatory agencies later this year.

Throughout the company’s research and development on thorium-to-hydrogen conversion, DBI has been fortunate to have support from major universities, national laboratories, its own personnel, and its more than 900 shareholders. Implementation of the company’s proposed thorium-to-hydrogen program can open the gate to the Hydrogen Economy, using existing national resources and proven technologies.