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Originally Posted by MorTech
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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Yes, to your first comment. With their authoritarian form of government the Chinese will make that happen. India is working towards a similar goal as they have a huge supply of Thorium containing ore. This type of effort is harder to pull off in the US. This is why I stated earlier in this thread that we need a program similar to our "put a man on the moon before the end of the decade" effort - a beautiful industry-government cooperative. A very expensive program for sure but well worth the effort. JFK's speech in 1962 at Rice University was one of the great ones - leadership at its best!!