[Robert A Cook PE]

Good news!

Now, let’s see if it works under usual and ordinary maintenance and repair. 8<)

Rather than just in the lab.

[neverdem]

I beat you.

[Vince Ferrer]

Best news I’ve seen in years.

[Crucial]

Thorium doesn’t have to be more efficient than nuclear, it just has to be at least half as efficient. All other benefits make it much more desirable and less controversial and seemingly cheaper, particularly over the long run.

[jonrick46]

India’s first thorium reactor - the advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) of 300 MW capacity might start operations by 2017. This Kudankulam Atomic Power Project will be located in the states of Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu.

[oyez]

The place where thorium is proven either way could be China. The country is serious about weaning itself off of fossil fuels and making nuclear power their primary energy source.

In 20 years we will be buying their technology anyway. I think China is now taking the lead in the type of development the USA once had held. Things like the Three Mile Incident and the Bhopal Disaster dulled our interest in affairs of technology and engineering.

IMHO, China has a strong reason to wean itself off fossil fuel and probably will. Back in the dear ole USA,we are too busy making political issues of it all.

[oyez]

The place where thorium is proven either way could be China. The country is serious about weaning itself off of fossil fuels and making nuclear power their primary energy source.

In 20 years we will be buying their technology anyway. I think China is now taking the lead in the type of development the USA once had held. Things like the Three Mile Incident and the Bhopal Disaster dulled our interest in affairs of technology and engineering.

IMHO, China has a strong reason to wean itself off fossil fuel and probably will. Back in the dear ole USA,we are too busy making political issues of it all.

[chessplayer]

They (new ones) will NEVER see the light of day in the US, so there is no reason for the optimism being expressed in here.

[chessplayer]

The campaign against thorium reactors has already begun.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/23/thorium-nuclear-uranium

And libs in the US oppose fusion reactors if they ever become possible. So no way in hell would they permit thorium reactors.

[neverdem]

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[Secret Agent Man]

From what I’ve read about pebble bed reactors, it’s almost impossible for them to go critical.