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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by petre on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:47AM (#20013513)
Current nuclear designs can also burn MOX, modified PHWRs can even burn Thorium as India has shown.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by pfdietz on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @08:30AM (#20094307)
No reactor "burns" thorium. Reactors can breed 233U from thorium, but the chain reaction is in 233U. Breeding of 233U is marginal, btw.
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