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0 pointsfmajid5y ago0 comments

A big advantage is that thorium is a non-proliferating nuclear technology, which may explain why so little effort has been put into it.

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tim3335y ago· 1 in thread

You can still make bombs https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html#myth3

acidburnNSA5y ago

Yup. This myth is particularly pervasive. Less effort was put into thorium because it was inherently more expensive to get going and didn't offer sufficient advantages to motivate the additional expense.

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