Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by goneri on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:06AM
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Thorium is an abundant alternative to uranium, and the technology to use it has existed since the 1960s.
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by forgetfulness on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:58PM
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I'm a layman so I'm trusting the smarty sounding guy on Reddit and his elaborate arguments, but it seems like Thorium reactors, while delivering on the promise of not being able to physically explode, involve materials so nightmarish to work with that it's been impossible to create one that's safe to operate by nuclear worksers
https://np.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/9unimr/dutch_satiric...
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by adrianN on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:08AM
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Thorium reactors never worked very well unfortunately.
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:41AM
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What? They worked reliably and efficiently, and cost very little.
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by adrianN on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:49AM
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Maybe I'm misinformed. Which Thorium reactors worked reliably and cheaply?
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by nazgulnarsil on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:34PM
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You're not misinformed. Commercial thorium doesn't exist and prototypes have issues with proliferation risks and the lifecycle of the materials used to build the primary containment. It is promising and there are several groups working on these problems but it's a hard sell given that recent gen uranium reactors aren't gated by fuel costs and have established supply chains.