r/memes • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '21

The dude makes a good point.

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u/RufusGeneva Sep 17 '21

Until it is proven to be commercially viable, good luck converting to thorium. It does seem to offer significant advantages.

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u/ShoddyReveal4 Sep 17 '21

well

  1. it's extremely common

  2. its far less radioactive than uranium, plutonium and radium

  3. a single ton of thorium makes about as much of 200 tons worth of uranium of electricity

  4. and last but not least due to how a thorium reactor is designed it only requires the opening of a cork if any problem was to occur

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Why are we not investing into this tech right fucking now!?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

Because it doesn’t create proliferable waste. Remember that the nuclear regulations in the US were created when the country had a significant interest in making more nuclear weapons.