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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Can thorium reactors dispose of weapons-grade plutonium?

Can thorium reactors dispose of weapons-grade plutonium?: Thorium reactors have long been proposed as a cleaner, safer alternative to nuclear energy. Now Russian scientists propose a new thorium reactor design that can burn weapons-grade plutonium, producing power and thermal energy while disposing of nuclear waste at the same time.

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