🚨 President Trump Is Expected to Sign Executive Orders Today To Support Nuclear Power
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Thorium doesn't work unless it breeds U-233. And it needs U-235 or plutonium to get the reactor started, because U-233 has a low spontaneous fission rate. It's advertised as a panacea, but it is the same old fission reaction and the same fission products.
Interesting. I haven't looked into the thorium tech so not that familiar with it. I probably should see if there's any real information beyond pop-sci articles, but there's so many other things that are more important to put time into. I'm not on GAW as much as I'd like either.
Nuclear physics has always been a bit of an interest - I had a physics prof in college who actually worked on the Manhattan project.
I like to say that I was born before the Space Age in the Atomic Age. The father of one of my Boeing colleagues was part of the Manhattan Project. My colleague gave me some samples of Trinitite.
Cool