I’m not convinced - yet.
Once nuclear power plants are actually safe then it seems like things like Fukushima shouldn’t happen.
One important safety factor for nuclear power - Don’t put your nuclear power plant on an active fault!
Of course it Japan - an island nation built on volcanic islands.
Maybe the rule of thumb should be - Don’t put your civilization on a volcanic island. Bad things can & will happen!
probably nothing can be absolutely fail safe by definition, but these molten salt systems cannot fail like Fukishima, or 3 Mile nearly did. Molten salt reactors don’t run away like that as the reaction slows down before reaching critical levels.
They also have far less waste to dispose of for far less time. still an issue, but 80% less waste that only needs ~300 years to break down compared to 10,000 years for conventional is good.
Dont compare Zeppelin safety records with a popcorn maker without looking at how the Molten salt reactors work. we throw more potential energy away with burned coal fly ash that contains thorium than that recovered in burning the coal. This should be the future clean energy until we develop something like fusion.