Posted on 06/08/2010 6:30:56 PM PDT by george76
As I recall the liquid sodium was the coolant in place of H20, but the fuel was still uranium in those plants.
I read this thread last week and was fascinated as I work at at a college of engineering in chemical engineering as a secretary. So, after reading this and googling around some more I asked one of our leading NE-ChE professors about this. He said this is 100% correct. I asked him if research in thorium was worthwhile, especially since it doesn’t produce plutonium, is accessible and more abundant here, and lasts longer. He said definitely. Apparently, the only reason we use uranium is because that’s what the military used and all the research, funding, etc. has just gone with uranium ever since. No other reason than politics.
Anyway, thanks for such a fun and informational thread.
Thanks for the update and your research.
Your points are excellent.
Like most things these days : politics over rule science.
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