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Why are thorium reactors not feasible?

 
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10/24/2021 04:31 AM
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Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
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10/24/2021 04:34 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
I don't know.
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10/24/2021 04:36 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
i was reading something about the decay rate or it needs more fuel put in then it puts out.
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Is it really because you cant make bomb material from it?
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10/24/2021 04:38 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
All the metal used to make a reactor eventually has to be buried.1000yrs for half-life of steel.
And it eventually ruins from the decay.
That's why Pentax is so popular.they bury that metal.very radioactive.
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10/24/2021 04:40 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Is it really because you cant make bomb material from it?
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you cant make bombs out of atomic energy whats your point?
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10/24/2021 04:40 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
The power generators run on steam which means you need heat and it needs to be controllable.

Maybe thorium is hard to control.
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10/24/2021 04:42 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Is it really because you cant make bomb material from it?
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you cant make bombs out of atomic energy whats your point?
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He thinks it works like a gas engine when it works like a steam engine.

This is why coal works it burns hot.
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10/24/2021 04:43 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Neutrons are easily managed but alpha and beta are bad news.
This why fusion.aluminum can be used and aluminum has a half life of 2minutes.
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10/24/2021 04:43 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
The power generators run on steam which means you need heat and it needs to be controllable.

Maybe thorium is hard to control.
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its really the opposite its very controllable.
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Neutrons are easily managed but alpha and beta are bad news.
This why fusion.aluminum can be used and aluminum has a half life of 2minutes.
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oh yeah the rays degrade the metals to fast.
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Its named after Thor the Norse God of thunder because it as a norwegan guy that found and named it, come on man..
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10/24/2021 04:47 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
search says they don't use it because the waste is not valuable for weapons.
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10/24/2021 04:47 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
frankly China is pissing in the wind here it will never be viable.
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10/24/2021 04:49 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
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10/24/2021 04:50 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Tell me
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The money is in making nukes not safe meltdown proff reactors that cannot be used to make atom bombs..


Same goes for free energy www.rexresearch.com

And vaccines!
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
search says they don't use it because the waste is not valuable for weapons.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76138193

Was my suspicion also
Much safer, much more abundant, etc.
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Ohh look China is testing it soon

[link to www.nature.com (secure)]
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Tell me
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77523900


The money is in making nukes not safe meltdown proff reactors that cannot be used to make atom bombs..


Same goes for free energy www.rexresearch.com

And vaccines!
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look you tards you need to enrich to make bombs power plants have nothing to do with enriched materials.
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10/24/2021 04:52 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Wiki founder says wiki is propaganda.i can vouch for that.
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10/24/2021 04:54 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Ohh look China is testing it soon

[link to www.nature.com (secure)]
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They can test all they want its never going to work.
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
The prototype reactor is expected to be completed next month, with the first tests beginning as early as September. This will pave the way for the building of the first commercial reactor, slated for construction by 2030.

2030 come on man thats too slow

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10/24/2021 04:56 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
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Thorium breeder reactors are feasible and possible and china is standing up several, likely in large part to massively expand their nuclear weapons program.
roguetechie
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
So what comes first, commercial fusion reactors or thorium reactors, its a close call.
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10/24/2021 05:01 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
I duno if i can help speed up the construction somehow, i can use a shovel and good at digging holes or filling holes up, just call me if you need a shovel dude

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10/24/2021 05:05 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
It's completely feasible yes

and probably the future of energy, will be molten salt reactor

small size, not pressurised water, safe

managed by private companies



Like probably container size molten salt reactor


Instead of having one big risky nuclear plot


it will be many small reactors, with almost no maintenance changing the thorium fuel once every 10/20 years

something like that
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10/24/2021 05:08 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
search says they don't use it because the waste is not valuable for weapons.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76138193

Was my suspicion also
Much safer, much more abundant, etc.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77523900


.

Thorium is Way more Abundant then Uranium Therefore It lacks the Price Control of Rarity and Can NOT be used for Weapons.

However on the Flip side, A Thorium Reactor can be Fueled with Radioactive waste as in what Uranium Breeder Reactors have as Waste/Spent Fuel.

Thorium Reactors are the Answer to Radioactive Waste Disposal.

Will it Happen? Only if The Current Scheme of Things Changes.

Free Energy has All ready been Given to Mankind and Has been Hidden away from the General Public by the Money people Who Control the World.

bike

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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
search says they don't use it because the waste is not valuable for weapons.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76138193

Was my suspicion also
Much safer, much more abundant, etc.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77523900


.

Thorium is Way more Abundant then Uranium Therefore It lacks the Price Control of Rarity and Can NOT be used for Weapons.

However on the Flip side, A Thorium Reactor can be Fueled with Radioactive waste as in what Uranium Breeder Reactors have as Waste/Spent Fuel.

Thorium Reactors are the Answer to Radioactive Waste Disposal.

Will it Happen? Only if The Current Scheme of Things Changes.

Free Energy has All ready been Given to Mankind and Has been Hidden away from the General Public by the Money people Who Control the World.

bike

,
 Quoting: . 59785659

Can use waste material from uran reactors, they can even dig out the old waste contained in led concrete underground storage facilities, whats the downside, no downside.
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10/24/2021 05:23 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Greenpeace and Greta coalition must be all over this, if not they have failed miserably.
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10/24/2021 05:26 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
It's completely feasible yes

and probably the future of energy, will be molten salt reactor

small size, not pressurised water, safe

managed by private companies



Like probably container size molten salt reactor


Instead of having one big risky nuclear plot


it will be many small reactors, with almost no maintenance changing the thorium fuel once every 10/20 years

something like that
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80298875


dream on. to make electricity you need to boil water to make steam then the steam needs to spin a turbine. there is no way that a steam boiler, turbine, and electric generator setup will be "almost no maintenance". unless you really enjoy explosions and fires
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10/24/2021 05:40 AM
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Re: Why are thorium reactors not feasible?
Ohh look China is testing it soon

[link to www.nature.com (secure)]
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Such cohincidense Austrayliah is under siege.





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