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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Do we have a commercially viable thorium reactor yet?
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Not in the US, mostly because the NRC refuses to leave the current technology because they have too many of the companies that sell the nuclear fuel paying them(indirectly/conflict of interest) to maintain the currently used, and outdated technology.
The fun thing is that a university testing this actually had some people who were trying to get LFTR going in China show up because they were serious about using the technology to produce power in their country.
Only in the US will we continue to hug and perpetuate everything except the best option with pride.
Oh, I'll add another note: LFTR cannot be used as a weapon as other nuclear grade material is, therefore it is undesirable to the US to go this route and eventually obsolete something that can protect the country.