Thorium Reactors

The technology is not perfected, it needs some work, but thorium shows great promise as an energy source. It has far more potential than uranium, plus it is more abundant than uranium.

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Thorium, named for the Norse god of thunder, is much more abundant than uranium and has 200 times that metal's energy potential.


Thorium also solves the non-proliferation problem. Nuclear non-proliferation treaties (NPT) prohibit processes that can yield atomic bomb ingredients, making it difficult to refine highly radioactive isotopes. But thorium-based accelerator-driven plants only produce a small amount of plutonium, which could allow the U.S. and other nations to skirt NPT.