On 9/21/10 10:46 , Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On 9/21/2010 12:30 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Luckily, there is Thorium nuclear. A SUPERB alternative to ordinary U
or Pu fission, very plentiful fuel (about 1,000 years' worth), much
shorter-lived waste ( a couple hundred vs a couple hundred thou),
technology already there, India& France among others will have these
online in a couple of years, a great stopgap until we can move onward
to efficient solar and/or Fusion.

The good news is...Thorium sounds like good news.

The bad news may be...it isn't here yet, and typical of any brand new,
unproven technology, it probably will have "growing pains".


Had there been a military application at the time, Thorium
nuclear would have eclipsed the introduction of Ra-Pu nuclear. It's
been around that long. The only reason Thorium nuclear didn't take
off at the time, is that Thorium can't be used to make bombs.

And it's hardly unproven technology. The Navy has been using it
for decades.