The Chinese are working on commercially viable Thorium reactors. It won't be long since the Chinese are wicked smart and industrious.
An application for this 5MWe nuke would be a row of EV charging stations at a Buc-ees. CATL claims their latest batteries can charge at 12C so 1Mw on a 80Kw battery pack is doable now.
The way Hollywood and the idiot box media screech about everything nuclear is borderline criminal. It is safe and clean and physically impossible to go critical in a power reactor. What is a "terrorist" going to do with 20% U235? If you want to make a dirty bomb then use Cobalt.
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