I still think its stupid we use fission based on uranium.. Thorium holds SO many benefits compared to uranium that its just rediculous that we dont use it.. There's twice as much of it in the ground (cheaper fuel), you can  turn it into a liquid fuel (much easier to keep cool or distribute in a controlled fashion), if you shut a thorium reactor down you dont have to keep cooling some big radioactive core to prevent it from melting or exploding, u can actually use up ALL the fuel cuz its easy to separate the waste from the remaining fuel (unlike uranium fuel rods which become an inefficient mix of uranium and waste material far before all uranium is actually used), the radioactive waste produced is less dangerous and decays to harmless materials much faster, its possible to separate various sections of a thorium reactor much better then those of a uranium reactor as well (which opens up possibilities for better safety).

Only downside is that thorium reactors dont create weapons-grade radioactive substances... Which is why we've historically been focussed on uranium instead.

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