The only drawback from thorium reactors is that the waste generated is much worse than that from U/Pu reactors.
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if we are talking about lftr reactors —this is 100% false.
The waste from lftr reactors is something on the order of 1% of the waste from light water uranium reactor. Heck the guy who invented light water reactors also invented thorium lftr reactors. Alvin Weinberg was the guy. He went to his grave saying the USA made a terrible mistake when it abandoned the lftr reactors.
And yeah I know both the Indians and the Russians had thorium programs —which they abandoned back in the 70’s & 80’s when the USA abandoned its thorium program.
There’s huge thorium deposits all over the world. But the lftr designs can also be used to burn up radioactive waste from uranium based reactors.
“if we are talking about lftr reactors —this is 100% false”
Exactly......I have been following this for a while now.
I think that there is a disinformation campaign going on.