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CANDU reactors can use thorium fuel. Hydrogen being more abundant doesn't really matter, you have to either electrolyze it from water or extract it from hydroca
by arcticbull 5y ago
CANDU reactors can use thorium fuel. Hydrogen being more abundant doesn't really matter, you have to either electrolyze it from water or extract it from hydrocarbons. [1]
There's about 3x as much thorium as uranium. [2]
[1] https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:29055311 https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:29055311
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium