Thorium fission is based on a breeder cycle for thorium to protactinium then to uranium as U232 or U233. The uranium is then fissioned. The standard products of uranium fission are Radon and Barium. These are gamma sources. So while I am not an expert on this sort of nuclear physics I am not sure about the claim that the waste is free of gamma emitters.
LC On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 2:00:09 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > > > On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 12:51:23 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > >> https://planetofthehumans.com/ >> >> Largely correct, but omits the solution; Thorium reactors. Check Wiki for >> the residuals; no gamma rays. AG >> > > Residuals = waste products; harmless for Thorium reactors, unlike waste > products from Uranium and Plutonium reactors, and Thorium is fairly > abundant in the Earth's crust. Andrew Yang mentioned Thorium reactors in > the second democratic debate. If Biden is elected, he will hopefully become > science advisor. AG > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/956a9ebc-78eb-4ac4-affd-ad0353444d05n%40googlegroups.com.
