http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24767630

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Anonymous Mon Dec 9 07:35:13 2013 No.6213097 [Reply] [Original]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24767630

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Anonymous Mon Dec 9 07:38:12 2013 No.6213101
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Why are we not doing this. A normal uranium reactor is intrinsically dangerous because when you turn it off it still needs an active cooling system. That means they are unsafe. Thorium reactors, when switched off just go off. Simple and safe.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 9 07:52:42 2013 No.6213110 We could've had Thorium today if people weren't trying to make nuclear weapons in WW2. Just one more demonstration that humanity overall doesn't know what the fuck it is doing and will probably erase itself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 9 07:56:42 2013 No.6213114 >>6213101 $

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 9 07:57:42 2013 No.6213116 How expensive is it in comparison to normal nuclear reactors? And what are the by-products?

>>	Сергей Mon Dec 9 18:31:37 2013 No.6214179 >>6213101 Ha. This is COMPLETELY untrue. Fission products are almost always radioactive and thus always produce waste heat. GTFO.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 9 18:33:38 2013 No.6214183 >>6213116 >How expensive is it It doesn't exist. So, infinity dollars.

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