There is effectively an unlimited amount of uranium dissolved in ocean water which can be mined at a much higher cost, but which is an insignificant cost in the

There is effectively an unlimited amount of uranium dissolved in ocean water which can be mined at a much higher cost, but which is an insignificant cost in the operation of a nuclear plant. There's no reasonable reason to delay consuming uranium, and absolutely ridiculous to consider saving thorium (not that we can actually consume thorium yet).