'If thorium ever makes it as a commercial nuclear fuel, uranium may be seen
as a massive and costly diversion. Some supporters of thorium believe that
it was bypassed in the past because governments wanted the plutonium from
certain conventional reactors to make atomic bombs.
They believe thorium was rejected because it was simply too safe.'
That rings true, given the mentality of the cold war.
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.comwrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24638816
Nuclear scientists are being urged by the former UN weapons inspector Hans
Blix to develop thorium as a new fuel.
Mr Blix says that the radioactive element may prove much safer in reactors
than uranium.
