This energy source could solve all of our problems — so why is no one talking about it?
Hint: It's because it can't be weaponized
By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | 7:31am ET
Thorium is an element, like uranium and plutonium, which you can use
as fuel for a nuclear reactor. Unlike uranium and plutonium, thorium is
abundant. Unlike uranium and plutonium, thorium reactors could have
"passive" safety. Traditional nuclear reactors sometimes have the
annoying tendency of sometimes exploding and showering the area around
them with radioactive waste. This is because plutonium and uranium
reactors, when shut down, cannot cool off on their own. They need
"active" systems to cool them down. If these systems fail, the reactor
starts going into meltdown. Thorium, being a lighter element, doesn't
have that problem. If you have an emergency in a thorium reactor, you
shut it off, and it cools down on its own. It can't melt down. Unlike
uranium and plutonium, thorium produces minimal amounts of waste, and
even the little waste it does produce is potentially recyclable. And
finally, unlike uranium and plutonium, with thorium you can make a
reactor, but you can't make a bomb.
And there you have the problem. READ HERE
And there you have the problem. READ HERE
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