[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

We could continue where we left off in 1973 with safer thorium reactors that can't go critical meltdown like uranium. Thorium's lack of any relation to weapons applications might explain it being blacked out as an energy source.

According to some it's possible to have a Ph.D in nuclear reactor technology and not know about thorium energy.

[2aProtectsTheRest]

CANDU power plants (Canadian design) can already use a thorium fuel cycle. At least in theory. I don’t know of any that are actually using it at this point because of the additional complexity. Those plants are already highly resistant to weaponizing fuel.

The biggest benefit of thorium is its abundance. We could run the entire planet’s power off thorium reactors for thousands of years.