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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Nuclear safety and security demand thorium


Nuclear safety and security demand thorium
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
The great over-complexity is necessary to “prevent meltdown.” LFTRs, by contrast, are simple, self-cooling and safe. If they get too hot, the liquid fluoride salt the thorium is suspended in expands and less nuclides are available for splitting — it ...

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