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In spite of the name "ThorCon", there's no mention of thorium on the front page. http://thorconpower.com/features/clean http://thorconpower.com/features/clean
by _kst_ 12y ago
In spite of the name "ThorCon", there's no mention of thorium on the front page.
http://thorconpower.com/features/clean http://thorconpower.com/features/clean says:
> And ThorCon obtains about 25% of its power from easily mined thorium which requires no enrichment.
http://thorconpower.com/design/thorcon-can http://thorconpower.com/design/thorcon-can says the "fuelsalt" is "a mixture of sodium, beryllium, uranium and thorium fluorides called nabe".
- badloginagain 12y agoInteresting, I wonder if fuelsalt is more efficient or cheaper. I do know that thorium is tightly controlled in the US.
- _kst_ 12y agoI'm pretty sure uranium is tightly controlled too.