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Thorium has been on the horizon forever. A bit like we'll have fusion in 30 years. No government wants to solely invest in it, because it can't really be weap
by DrBazza 2y ago
Thorium has been on the horizon forever. A bit like we'll have fusion in 30 years. No government wants to solely invest in it, because it can't really be weaponised.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
- Moldoteck 2y agobut you don't need reactors for weapons, you may as well build those without them, you just need an enrichment facility
- Sakos 2y agoProven by all the uranium 235 I've produced in Factorio before ever building a nuclear reactor.
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- ViewTrick1002 2y agoNo problem weaponizing Thorium. The US even tested bombs with material from the thorium fuel chain. Quite easily chemically separated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-233 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-233
- mpweiher 2y agoNobody invests "solely" in it, because Uranium is plenty cheap and plenty plentiful, and the Uranium infrastructure is in place.
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoChina has an MSR online. Yes, it probably isn't using thorium yet, but a molten salt reactor is what's necessary in order to get to the thorium fuel cycle economically