Wanting to find out more I read [1] - startling that 1979 little incident only cost a billion to clean up. [2]
From [1] > In 2009, science writer Richard Martin stated that Weinberg, who was director at Oak Ridge and primarily responsible for the MSRE, lost his job as director because he championed development of thorium reactors.[23] Weinberg himself recalls this period:
[Congressman] Chet Holifield was clearly exasperated with me, and he finally blurted out, "Alvin, if you are concerned about the safety of reactors, then I think it may be time for you to leave nuclear energy." I was speechless. But it was apparent to me that my style, my attitude, and my perception of the future were no longer in tune with the powers within the AEC
Archive link: https://archive.is/2nQSh
If that is actually true, has China basically solved the energy and the emissions problems?
The US built the first Thorium reactor in 1950! https://www.ornl.gov/blog/ornl-review/time-warp-molten-salt-... Why was development not pursued? You cannot build a bomb with it.
Wanting to find out more I read [1] - startling that 1979 little incident only cost a billion to clean up. [2]
From [1] > In 2009, science writer Richard Martin stated that Weinberg, who was director at Oak Ridge and primarily responsible for the MSRE, lost his job as director because he championed development of thorium reactors.[23] Weinberg himself recalls this period:
[Congressman] Chet Holifield was clearly exasperated with me, and he finally blurted out, "Alvin, if you are concerned about the safety of reactors, then I think it may be time for you to leave nuclear energy." I was speechless. But it was apparent to me that my style, my attitude, and my perception of the future were no longer in tune with the powers within the AEC
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident
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I don’t see how that relates to my question bur thanks i guess