You are right in saying that Thorium reactors are receiving too little attention. However due to their breeder nature they also produce nuclear waste which need

You are right in saying that Thorium reactors are receiving too little attention. However due to their breeder nature they also produce nuclear waste which needs to be stored for hundreds of years. The main advantage of fusion is that you only get light radioactive istotopes of Helium or Lithium which decay within hours or days. The reactor walls are activated through neutron capture, which renders these highly radioactive for 50 to 100 years [1]. In comparison to fission reactors, that's not very long. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power#Waste_management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power#Waste_management