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Just use CANDU reactors, it will burn raw uranium, and can use the waste product from PWR reactors, just leave the thorium in the raw uranium. It's been working
by fleitz 15y ago
Just use CANDU reactors, it will burn raw uranium, and can use the waste product from PWR reactors, just leave the thorium in the raw uranium. It's been working for years, no Yucca mountain, Yucca mountain is a purely US phenomena, it doesn't exist in Canada or France. It's not a new technology, it's 60 years old. All you need is a little heavy water, and in event of a meltdown you just flood the tank with regular water and voila no reactions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor
Here's the fuel cycle for a CANDU reactor which will support the thorium cycle as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CANDU_fuel_cycles.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CANDU_fuel_cycles.jpg