The Alvin Weinberg Foundation

The Alvin Weinberg Foundation was a registered UK charity, operating under the name Weinberg Next Nuclear, that campaigned for research and development into next-generation nuclear energy. In particular, it advocated advancement of liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) and other molten salt reactor (MSR) technologies.^[2]

The Alvin Weinberg Foundation

Named after	Alvin M. Weinberg
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Type	Foundation
Focus	Next-generation nuclear energy
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Director	Stephen Tindale[1]
Website	the-weinberg-foundation.org (archived)

Alvin M. Weinberg (1915–2006)

It was named for Alvin M. Weinberg, Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory between 1955–1973 and the main advocate of MSR development.^[3]

History

• September 2011: Launched at House of Lords.^[4]
• January 2014: Becomes a Registered Charity in England and Wales.
• May 2015: Stephen Tindale joins as Director.^[5]
• July 2017: The Weinberg Foundation dissolved.

People

• Baroness Worthington is trustee and patron.^[6][7]
• Stephen Tindale, who led Greenpeace in the UK from 2000 until 2005, was its last Director.^[8][9]

See also

• Generation IV reactor
• Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
• Molten salt reactor
• Thorium-based nuclear power