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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by ncmncm on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:30PM (#32157540)
Except, thorium has been tried already. It costs more. Cost is already not nukes' strong suit.
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by marcosdumay on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:53PM (#32157821)
Yep, thorium brings several engineering problems. Uranium breeding brings a lot of them too.

Overall, breeding reactors are currently way too expensive. They are interesting on the long term, once those solvable problems get solved. I do agree they have no place at all in a discussion about current energy crisis or global warming.

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