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A big advantage is that thorium is a non-proliferating nuclear technology, which may explain why so little effort has been put into it.
by fmajid 6y ago
A big advantage is that thorium is a non-proliferating nuclear technology, which may explain why so little effort has been put into it.
- tim333 6y agoYou can still make bombs https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html#myth3 https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html#myth3
- acidburnNSA 6y agoYup. This myth is particularly pervasive. Less effort was put into thorium because it was inherently more expensive to get going and didn't offer sufficient advantages to motivate the additional expense.