We've heard promises of safe, cheap atomic energy using uranium before, but thorium has a range of advantages, including being much more abundant &, maybe, safer:
http://m.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/the-reactor-that-saves-itself-safe-nuclear-does-exist-and--china-leads-the-way-with-thorium-20110323-1c6eb.html
So if thorium has so many advantages, why has humanity persevered with uranium for so long? It has been suggested by many, including the article above, that uranium use has been driven by military interests (in several countries) that want to use uranium (& its daughter element plutonium) for bombs. Notch one more up for thorium.
So if thorium has so many advantages, why has humanity persevered with uranium for so long? It has been suggested by many, including the article above, that uranium use has been driven by military interests (in several countries) that want to use uranium (& its daughter element plutonium) for bombs. Notch one more up for thorium.
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