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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoThorium is the Fusion of Fission.
Since the 60’s we’ve been told that thorium tech is just around the corner and it will replace uranium.
Comment on Not great, not terrible
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoThorium is the Fusion of Fission.
Since the 60’s we’ve been told that thorium tech is just around the corner and it will replace uranium.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
China has a working prototype today. There weren’t any theoretical issues, someone just needed to put the money down.
Same thing with fusion, really.
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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
yep its all ✨infrastructural inertia✨
because on paper thorium and fusion are both way ahead of uranium but the world has invested billions of dollars over 80 years into creating infrastructure for uranium.