04-01-2011, 05:03 PM
so why haven't they done it?
the reason is it's not a proven idea as such. most of the 2005 report as been disproved. thorium in it's raw state isn't radioactive but once it's altered to 233U then it's as radioactive as uranium and as such is as poisonous should it leak into the atmosphere.
thorium as it comes out of the ground cannot run a reactor. it's like the water fueled car, everyone talks about it but no one has ever proven it existed. maybe one day in the near future thorium reactors will be used but they'll still be dagerous should they blow and still be functional as makers of weapons grade materials.
the 2005 report has been quoted many times
china is trying to build a thorium reactor, as of yet they haven't succeeded in building one thats proven safe or efficient enough.
and as far as Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, of the British Daily Telegraph, saying; he suggests that "Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium," and could put "an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years."[15] He also points out that "China is leading the way" with its own "dash for thorium," which it announced in March 2011.[24]
he works for a news paper, he probably has no idea what building a thorium reactor entails. journalist, even scientific ones often and usually write shite without fresh sources or proof. his knowledge (and that is circumspect) tell us china are leading the way with it's own dash for thorium; china also wants to win all the golds at the olympics as well, whats new, china has it's fingers in every pot gooing
the reason is it's not a proven idea as such. most of the 2005 report as been disproved. thorium in it's raw state isn't radioactive but once it's altered to 233U then it's as radioactive as uranium and as such is as poisonous should it leak into the atmosphere.
thorium as it comes out of the ground cannot run a reactor. it's like the water fueled car, everyone talks about it but no one has ever proven it existed. maybe one day in the near future thorium reactors will be used but they'll still be dagerous should they blow and still be functional as makers of weapons grade materials.
the 2005 report has been quoted many times
china is trying to build a thorium reactor, as of yet they haven't succeeded in building one thats proven safe or efficient enough.
and as far as Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, of the British Daily Telegraph, saying; he suggests that "Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium," and could put "an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years."[15] He also points out that "China is leading the way" with its own "dash for thorium," which it announced in March 2011.[24]
he works for a news paper, he probably has no idea what building a thorium reactor entails. journalist, even scientific ones often and usually write shite without fresh sources or proof. his knowledge (and that is circumspect) tell us china are leading the way with it's own dash for thorium; china also wants to win all the golds at the olympics as well, whats new, china has it's fingers in every pot gooing