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I am pro nuke, but I recognize that most folks are not. It has lots of problems, and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukashima make even pro nukes like me anxious to see it, but not close to me. I am in Oregon, so nuke plants in florida are quite close enough.
Thorium supposedly does not have the run away reactor problems that uranium has. It is more abundant, the products of reactions are a whole lot safer, and the reactions take place in a safer vessel. All in all a much better system. So why not? Supposedly China is big on Thorium reactors, they have thousands of phd candidates working on it, but they haven't built one. We nave built one, and took it down.
The Chinese can't be worried about safety. They just aren't. That isn't the problem. They desperately need some alternative power source. You can't call what they are breathing air. Despite that, they still build coal plants.
I read and see all these you tube videos. If it is so good (I have't seen anything to the contrary ) why ever not? Cheaper, safer, no pollution...what is the deal?
Thorium supposedly does not have the run away reactor problems that uranium has. It is more abundant, the products of reactions are a whole lot safer, and the reactions take place in a safer vessel. All in all a much better system. So why not? Supposedly China is big on Thorium reactors, they have thousands of phd candidates working on it, but they haven't built one. We nave built one, and took it down.
The Chinese can't be worried about safety. They just aren't. That isn't the problem. They desperately need some alternative power source. You can't call what they are breathing air. Despite that, they still build coal plants.
I read and see all these you tube videos. If it is so good (I have't seen anything to the contrary ) why ever not? Cheaper, safer, no pollution...what is the deal?