[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.

[WildTurkey]

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

Even worse. Still bomb material and even less radioactive than the plutonium making it safer to work with.