Heres one: https://www.quora.com/Of-what-use-are-Thorium-balls

Invented in 1944 (molten salt reactor). Clean, safe, abundant fuel and burns nuclear waste. A by product of Lithium mining. Killed by politics. Finally getting some attention and funding.

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. Clean, safe, abundant fuel

That's what they told us about uranium.

Grizz

Where is my 200MPG carburetor?

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Where is my 200MPG carburetor?

You mean this?: https://www.motortrend.com/how...ys-hot-vapor-engine/

You Canadians sure bought into Uranium. Big use up there. The military/industrial complex drove development. Civilian reactors designed based on naval ship powerplant designs. Same fuel supply chain. Molten Salt Reactors now feasible due to better corrosion resistant alloys. MSR's are truly walk away safe. Far less skilled labor needed to operate. Read the article.

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Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:

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. Clean, safe, abundant fuel

That's what they told us about uranium.

Grizz

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Heres one: https://www.quora.com/Of-what-use-are-Thorium-balls

Invented in 1944 (molten salt reactor). Clean, safe, abundant fuel and burns nuclear waste. A by product of Lithium mining. Killed by politics. Finally getting some attention and funding.

They are not especially useful for making bombs, hence did not attract the kind of development money that went into Uranium rigs.

They still need development money, as I understand it. I'd like to see one built on the site of the San Onofre reactor, to do desalinization.
There is one at Idaho National Labs that might be a candidate.

Yes. They are perfect for replacing old nukes and decomm'd coal burners. No need to destroy the turbines and generators, just replace the heat source.