Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported demonstration project in Ohio
CherenkovBlue @ CherenkovBlue @iusearchlinux.fyi Posts 1Comments 189Joined 2 yr. ago

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Because 1) Thorium hasn't been demonstrated in any effective way, 2) the vast majority of advanced reactor designs rely on U-235 for their neutronics, 3) thorium produces U-233 which is always contaminated with U-232 and is hot as hell and hard to work with, 4) we haven't licensed a thorium cycle design and that's wildly expensive, and makes no economic sense when we can separate U economically... Should I go on? Thorium is really only of interest for countries without U deposits and/or access to U.