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To: neverdem
I'm a big proponent of liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTR's) for the following reasons:

1. Thorium is far more abundant than fuel-grade uranium.
2. The fuel for a LFTR doesn't need to be made into pellet form and then formed into fuel rods at considerable expense.
3. You can use plutonium from dismantled nuclear weapons and even spent uranium fuel rods as fuel for a LFTR.
4. LFTR's by its design are essentially meltdown-proof.
5. The radioactive waste from an LFTR is a tiny fraction of the waste from a uranium reactor--and the radioactive half-life is only a few hundred years. That means the waste could be dumped safely into a disused salt mine or salt dome for permanent disposal at very low cost.

So what are we waiting for?

19 posted on 05/22/2011 6:55:45 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88
So what are we waiting for?

The Luddite leftists don't want cheap clean energy. And they are not going to allow it.

We have vast reserves of clean oil and coal. They are shutting down our production of energy. Doesn't matter what it is.

*If* one of their pet "green energies" actually turned out to provide vast amounts of cheap clean energy, they'd turn on it in a heartbeat. Guaranteed.

21 posted on 05/22/2011 7:02:48 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: RayChuang88

In a rational world, we’d have nuclear powered cars, trucks, trains, ships, and planes.

A “marble” sized core of Thorium Flouride would power a steam turbine car for its entire lifespan, plus power your home when it was parked. Surely we can build a containment vessel that would literally withstand anything that can happen to a vehicle that moves less than 200mph.

A single ton of Thorium will produce a MILLION horsepower continuously for a YEAR. That would power a cruise ship for ten years without refueling.

The smaller quantity of Thorium compared to Uranium needed plus its unsuitability for weapons might be key to expanding nuclear power beyond land based power generation and military naval use.


28 posted on 05/22/2011 8:41:53 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
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To: RayChuang88

We have to build more windmills. Duh.


30 posted on 05/22/2011 8:50:04 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: RayChuang88
I'm a big proponent of liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTR's) for the following reasons:

Most of which are more hype than fact.

56 posted on 05/27/2011 12:33:26 PM PDT by SeeSac
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