[extropy-chat] Energy & Global Warming [was: Partisans and EP]

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:33:14AM -0500, Jordan Hazen wrote:

> This allows for on-stream reprocessing as well, and be fueled by
> uranium, thorium, or other actinides, including transuranic wastes
> from other reactor types.

There's a nice blog plugging molten-salt thorium as an alternative
to conventional enrichened-uranium reactor: http://thoriumenergy.blogspot.com/

However, the amount of R&D required to develop this into
a commercial reactor is better spent on regenerative energy sources.

A solution in search of a problem...

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