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There should be an intensive effort to develop this form of power!
It is so tragic that the U.S. chose to pursue uranium based technology instead of thorium. Why- it appears that the original decision was based on the fact that the D.O.D. wanted plutonium for bomb making.
Thorium is far, far safer and could, as far as I can see, solve the problem of CO2 emissions. One ton of thorium could potentially generate as much power as 3,500,000 tons of coal. Thorium is plentiful. These reactors create little waste , they do not melt down, the waste is radioactive for far fewer years than the current nuclear power plants.
The U.S. will in all likelihood be left behind on this technology.
It is so tragic that the U.S. chose to pursue uranium based technology instead of thorium. Why- it appears that the original decision was based on the fact that the D.O.D. wanted plutonium for bomb making.
Thorium is far, far safer and could, as far as I can see, solve the problem of CO2 emissions. One ton of thorium could potentially generate as much power as 3,500,000 tons of coal. Thorium is plentiful. These reactors create little waste , they do not melt down, the waste is radioactive for far fewer years than the current nuclear power plants.
The U.S. will in all likelihood be left behind on this technology.