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Thorium
- further benefits
- Add uranium, plutonium or any other radioactive
‘actinide’ metal into the mix and the thorium fuel
process incinerates these elements. Thorium-fuelled nuclear
power stations could not only generate power but also solve
the thorny problem of disposing of existing nuclear waste
- Mining and refining thorium ore is simpler
and cleaner than mining and refining uranium ore
- The thorium fuel process could also be used
to manufacture fuel for conventional uranium-fuelled power stations,
reducing the need for further uranium mining or plutonium manufacture
(other than the plutonium the politicians believe they need
for weapons)
- It is not possible to make weapons-grade materials
from thorium
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Tim Dean. Cosmos Online
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