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A comment on Molten Salt Reactors.

Re:Molten Salt Reactors by sandGorgon on Saturday July 13, 2019 @01:05AM (#20426603)
The largest reserves of thorium exist in India and China - two of the most energy hungry and polluting economies. One is on the UN Security Council and the other has a unique waiver from the US Congress on proliferation - so fissile material production is not the primary concern.

Both India and China have massive deployments of renewable energy, yet the demand for energy is outstripping projected build-out. LTFR is going to be one of the best answers if it can be made safe.

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Re:Molten Salt Reactors by sien on Saturday July 13, 2019 @01:36AM (#20426665)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occurrence_of_thorium

From there it seems like India, Australia & the US all have large thorium reserves.

There is certainly heaps of it.

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Re:Molten Salt Reactors by sandGorgon on Saturday July 13, 2019 @02:38AM (#20426835)
not disagreeing. however, the hunger for energy in India and China is causing outsize investments in MSR.

For example - https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/12/china-spending-us3-3-b...

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