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And because Thorium cannot easily be made into weapons, the military will not fund development of the use of it as a fuel - nor will it expend the political wil
by nagrom 13y ago
And because Thorium cannot easily be made into weapons, the military will not fund development of the use of it as a fuel - nor will it expend the political will to make the construction of a thorium-reactor possible. And so we keep using Uranium. The political hindrances of using Thorium turn out to be much greater than the political hindrances of using Uranium.
- denis1 13y agoWhile I agree that up until now most of the developments on nuclear technologies have been funded by the military, it does not mean that a massive push by the public can't force governments to fund new thorium research.
- mattlutze 13y agoThe money needs to come from somewhere. In the US, for example, the Department of Energy's budget[0] last FY was about 5.5% the size of the Department of Defense Senate proposed budget for FY2014[1] (35B v. 626B). 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_United_States_federal_budget#Total_revenues_and_spending http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_United_States_federal_budg... 1: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44459 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44459
- stonemetal 13y agoThe military uses nuclear power outside of weapons, especially in the navy. Subs, aircraft carriers and the like are all nuclear powered, so they have an interest in safer nuclear power as well.
- angersock 13y agoYeah, people seem to forget that the largest operator of nuclear reactors is, if I recall correctly, the US Navy.