[JustDoItAlways]

"The ABTR needs 2.2 tonnes of plutonium each year."

Sounds like a great future energy source to export around the world. NOT.

[CarrotAndStick]

It consumes 2.2 tonnes of plutonium, not produces. Besides, what can anyone do about India making the bomb?

[Wonder Warthog]

"Sounds like a great future energy source to export around the world. NOT."

Actually, as I remember the "thorium cycle", it does NOT specifically require plutonium. You could also do it with enriched Uranium.