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Both uranium breeders and thorium breeders offer truly inexhaustible energy for humanity. Especially uranium, which is available in seawater at astronomical sca

Both uranium breeders and thorium breeders offer truly inexhaustible energy for humanity. Especially uranium, which is available in seawater at astronomical scale, and which replenishes first through runoff and then through plate tectonics. We'll run out of nuclear fission fuel roughly when we run out of nuclear fusion fuel in the sun (i.e. when the sun burns out). [1] http://large.stanford.edu/publications/coal/references/docs/pad11983cohen.pdf http://large.stanford.edu/publications/coal/references/docs/... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-seawater-extraction-makes-nuclear-power-completely-renewable/#24ee9a3159ae https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-s... [3] https://pubs.acs.org/toc/iecred/55/15 https://pubs.acs.org/toc/iecred/55/15

natmaka 6y ago
Research on breeders dissipated huge amount of money for decades, and right now only 2 of them (Russian) are running. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_and_notable_breeder_reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_an... > uranium, which is available in seawater This mining process is now experimental, there is no running industrial unit.
- numpad0 6y ago
  Both can produce enriched nuclear material
- acidburnNSA 6y ago
  > only 2 of them (Russian) are running. Don't forget: * FBTR in India * Joyo in Japan * CEFR in China Also the VTR project is underway in the USA [1] [1] https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/versatile-test-reactor https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/versa...
  - natmaka 6y ago
    > * FBTR in India ~13 MW, a lab test. Dates back from 1985. Where is the industrial successful unit? > * Joyo in Japan Another lab equipment, built in 1977. Where is the industrial successful unit? > * CEFR in China The '3' stands for 'Experimental' and it develops 25 MW. Where is... > Also the VTR project The 'T' stands for 'Test' and the plan is to have it by 2026. Where is...

natmaka 6y ago

Research on breeders dissipated huge amount of money for decades, and right now only 2 of them (Russian) are running. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_and_notable_breeder_reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_an... > uranium, which is available in seawater This mining process is now experimental, there is no running industrial unit.

numpad0 6y ago
Both can produce enriched nuclear material
acidburnNSA 6y ago
> only 2 of them (Russian) are running. Don't forget: * FBTR in India * Joyo in Japan * CEFR in China Also the VTR project is underway in the USA [1] [1] https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/versatile-test-reactor https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/versa...
- natmaka 6y ago
  > * FBTR in India ~13 MW, a lab test. Dates back from 1985. Where is the industrial successful unit? > * Joyo in Japan Another lab equipment, built in 1977. Where is the industrial successful unit? > * CEFR in China The '3' stands for 'Experimental' and it develops 25 MW. Where is... > Also the VTR project The 'T' stands for 'Test' and the plan is to have it by 2026. Where is...