Also, this is the first I've read that thorium reactors can also use up (dispose) waste. (Not an expert, or even an informed layperson, just a news junkie.)
We need to reduce, reuse, eliminate waste and weapons grade stockpiles. Something less evil than using depleted uranium bullets to convert foreign countries into uninhabitable radioactive hotspots.
From my casual reading, that's meant traveling wave reactors. Having another energy source is just a happy side benefit.
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Agreed.
Also, this is the first I've read that thorium reactors can also use up (dispose) waste. (Not an expert, or even an informed layperson, just a news junkie.)
We need to reduce, reuse, eliminate waste and weapons grade stockpiles. Something less evil than using depleted uranium bullets to convert foreign countries into uninhabitable radioactive hotspots.
From my casual reading, that's meant traveling wave reactors. Having another energy source is just a happy side benefit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor