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Tag Archives: thorium
India wants to build dangerous fast breeder reactors
Preface. India was planning to build six fast breeder reactors in 2016, but now in 2018, they’ve reduced the number to 2. This is despite the high cost, instability, danger, and accidents of the 16 previous world-wide attempts that have … Continue reading
Thorium in the news
[ When trucks stop running, civilization as we know it ends. Nuclear electricity — or anything that generates electricity — doesn’t matter a rat’s ass if trucks can’t be electrified to run on batteries or overhead wires — especially tractors … Continue reading