[BikerJoe]

That we developed this technology in the 50's and 60's, and it is China and India that are finally deploying it is sad beyond belief.

Things happen for a reason. There are probably valid engineering reasons why this technology wasn't adopted here for the first power reactors. Either the problems have been overcome, or this set of reactors is a pet government project with little economic justification.

[jimpick]

If I remember correctly this was not used inn the 50’s because it does not produce plutonium as a by product. At the time plutonium was needed for the cold war.

[bert]

-——Things happen for a reason. ——

The reason of course is money. Oak Ridge Thorium bureaucrats/scientists lacked the salesmanship to prevail.

I see no reason it is sad. Let the Indians develop the technology and if successful, we can use it. To whine that America must do everything mostest and firstest fails to recognize it is a big world.