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Thorium reactors also have an off switch, unlike Uranium reactors. Neutrinos start the Uranium reaction but the reaction cannot be stopped once started, The reactor just cools the uranium to control the reaction. Lose the cooling system and get a meltdown. Thorium reactors also require neutrinos but if the flow of neutrinos stops, so does the nuklear reaction.

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chaosmarine92@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Literally nothing you just said is correct.

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- seeigel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Is it wrong that Thorium reactions stop on their own?
  
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  - chaosmarine92@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It depends how they are designed. Same as regular uranium reactors. Thorium isn’t a reactor fuel after all, it’s what you use to breed more fuel. The actual fuel is still uranium. Thorium turns into uranium-233 then that is the fuel. Normal reactors use uranium-235. Both isotopes can be made to be passively safe.
    
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StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You do realize you’re on the internet, right? You can look things up first instead of spouting bullshit.

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rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Neutrons?

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- The_Caretaker@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  My mistake. It’s been a few years since I read about this topic.
  
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fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Mathematics of wonton burrito meals, got it.

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fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You’re confusing subcritical reactors with thorium power

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