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OK, I am convinced. And the safest form of nuclear energy is thorium reactors.
Since energy and a national energy policy is obviously the second most critical fulcrum that can tip our nation toward or away from prosperity we as a nation should shit and get off the pot and start building thorium reactors.
So this discussion covers two aspects: is nuclear power the safest energy platform? And is Thorium the safest and most practical nuclear platform?
Pebble bed has promise, but for cost and availability of fuel as well as tolerable radioisotope waste I can't see pebble bed being as safe as a thorium reactor.
Plus thorium reactors can actually consume existing nuclear waste that we have as of yet no plan to dispose of, safely or otherwise.
Thorium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course I am no nuclear physicist either....
Since energy and a national energy policy is obviously the second most critical fulcrum that can tip our nation toward or away from prosperity we as a nation should shit and get off the pot and start building thorium reactors.
So this discussion covers two aspects: is nuclear power the safest energy platform? And is Thorium the safest and most practical nuclear platform?
Pebble bed has promise, but for cost and availability of fuel as well as tolerable radioisotope waste I can't see pebble bed being as safe as a thorium reactor.
Plus thorium reactors can actually consume existing nuclear waste that we have as of yet no plan to dispose of, safely or otherwise.
Thorium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course I am no nuclear physicist either....