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China Starts Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the high-sodium-high-energy-diet dept.

greg_barton writes "The Energy From Thorium blog reports, 'The People's Republic of China has initiated a research and development project in thorium molten-salt reactor technology. It was announced in the Chinese Academy of Sciences annual conference on Tuesday, January 25.' The liquid-fluoride thorium reactor is an alternative reactor design that 1) burns existing nuclear waste, 2) uses abundant thorium as a base fuel, 3) produces far less toxic, shorter-lived waste than existing designs, and 4) can be mass produced, run unattended for years, and installed underground for safety."

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  1. Gentlemen... by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 3, Funny

    We now face a Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor gap.
    However Jimmy from Cub Scout Den 561 assures us that our nation's Sugar Crystal Nucleation Reactors are operating at optimal conditions.

  2. Don't worry. by pizzach · · Score: 3, Funny

    The US can probably just install a virus into their computers to make the plants worthless. The US might be labeled as terrorists for doing something so dangerous, but it is a small price to pay to hold the temporary status quo.

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    Once you start despising the jerks, you become one.
  3. Re:Where we should have been years ago already by zevans · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed it is off-topic. We appear to have a bug in a moderator who has marked it "informative." There's yer problem.

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    "... and more and more now there are all kinds of electronic goodies available" -- Pink Floyd 1972
  4. If you don't know the difference between Na & by MarkusQ · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you don't know the difference between sodium metal and salt, I'd advise you to be very careful when cooking, as well as when posting.

    -- MarkusQ