Re:US Congress passes bill to help advanced nuclear power
by kei39jdjr on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:16PM
(#18007262)
Back in college I researched history of nuclear energy in the US during the 50s and 60s
Thorium reactors were much further ahead and being funded by the government
Then one Naval officer made the case to arm subs with nukes
Funding for thorium dried up and was funneled into less safe breeder style reactors
Unless this is funding thorium reactors, I’ll be hard pressed to see this as anything but a stealthy ploy to reinvent weapons production. What with the Orange Orangutan pissing off the world, championing Space Farce, some paranoids in DC probably think we need to build more nukes to match NK and Iran.
Thorium reactors were much further ahead and being funded by the government
Then one Naval officer made the case to arm subs with nukes
Funding for thorium dried up and was funneled into less safe breeder style reactors
Unless this is funding thorium reactors, I’ll be hard pressed to see this as anything but a stealthy ploy to reinvent weapons production. What with the Orange Orangutan pissing off the world, championing Space Farce, some paranoids in DC probably think we need to build more nukes to match NK and Iran.