[publius911]

Almost ever objection to using atomic energy to power our national economy is overcome by using the Thorium-fueled Molten Salt reactors, which in addition to being less dangerous, may be scaled in size and put in closer to point of consumption of power, thus eliminating the vulnerability of widespread grids bringing power from hundreds of miles away.

and losing 50% of the generated power via transmission losses... before getting to the consumers.

[from occupied ga]

When I worked in load forecasting we figured 8% transmission loss on average within the system footprint, but of course if you’re shipping it a long way that number goes up.