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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by pstuart on Friday September 30, 2022 @06:12PM (#33041467)
Thoughts on LFTR? The presentation that made the rounds many years ago made it seem like it was a solved problem (1965!). That made me rethink the value of nuclear and I'm curious if it's legit.
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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by acidburnNSA on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:10PM (#33043138)
The thorium molten salt breeder reactor idea is interesting, but not a major game changer at this time, in my opinion.

See details I wrote in links from the other comment.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33041985

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by philipkglass on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:22PM (#33041985)
He has written a few pages about thorium and molten salt reactors:

https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html

https://whatisnuclear.com/msr.html

https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by pfdietz on Saturday October 01, 2022 @07:31AM (#33045784)
It doesn't solve the problems that are actually holding back nuclear.
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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by acidburnNSA on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:06PM (#33059138)
Yeah, that's a succinct summary that I do agree with, thanks.
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