It may be recyclable but the act of recycling spent commercial nuclear fuel was also once illegal in the US (Carter banned it) and the startup costs (both economic and political) are so huge that since Reagan dropped the ban NO ONE has taken the initiative to do it. Weird.
There hasn't been a nuclear power plant built in the USA in over 30 years. I doubt more than 1 of them has the ability to use thorium as a fuel source.
I'd bet that's why people are pushing for solar/wind/geothermal energy instead of either of these nuclear options.
"Making Obama into some saviour is just asking for trouble."
Stop parroting this nonsense about making Obama into a savior. Honestly, nothing I have read about the election in the last 18 months has been more stupid than this crap I keep hearing. It's just made up nonsense.
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It may be recyclable but the act of recycling spent commercial nuclear fuel was also once illegal in the US (Carter banned it) and the startup costs (both economic and political) are so huge that since Reagan dropped the ban NO ONE has taken the initiative to do it. Weird.
There hasn't been a nuclear power plant built in the USA in over 30 years. I doubt more than 1 of them has the ability to use thorium as a fuel source.
I'd bet that's why people are pushing for solar/wind/geothermal energy instead of either of these nuclear options.
OH NOES! They're aborting cars! This is anti-Christian!
"Making Obama into some saviour is just asking for trouble."
Stop parroting this nonsense about making Obama into a savior. Honestly, nothing I have read about the election in the last 18 months has been more stupid than this crap I keep hearing. It's just made up nonsense.