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0_f2 t1_iucxgwf wrote

Reply to comment by philipp2310 in Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant by Vegeta9001

Isn't Thorium supposed to be quite plentiful?

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Cynical_Cabinet t1_iud8gyz wrote

None of the existing or under construction reactors can be fueled with thorium, so the abundance of thorium is irrelevant.

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philipp2310 t1_iues2yp wrote

Yeah, that’s what I meant with advances reactors we don’t yet have. Thanks :)

Glad I learned mentioning thorium prevents the downvotes ;)

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Cynical_Cabinet t1_iuf9a8b wrote

A cult has formed around thorium so down votes are unsurprising. A lot of people believe way too much about the possibilities of a reactor type that only functioned in one research lab for like a year in the 1960s.

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