China is building them, and will have to buy thorium reactor technology from them.
Because our government is totally dropping the ball, screwing the pooch, whatever you want to call it with our nuclear program.
Did you know the U.S. is the only major nuclear user (and the largest by production) that does not have a nuclear waste recycling program?
So all the idiots that are afraid of nuclear power have won this round and have gotten their wish of causing raw nuclear waste to pile up by the thousands of tons at temporary storage sties across the country. Instead of properly recycling it. Recycling would reduce the volume at least 90% and cut the dangerous radio activity down from thousands of years to about 40 to 50 years.
I like how these environmental idiots are all about recycling until it comes to recycling spent nuclear fuel.
IMO putting the raw waste in storage and then putting it under ground is the most dangerous, most irresponsible and overall worse plan anyone could have possibly come up with. Whoever came up with plan along with those who allow it to happen should be tarred and feathered.
Then the same people who want nuclear fuel used once and thrown away are the same ones who cry about globull warming wrecking the planet for our grand children. Using nuclear fuel wastefully like this, will cause the U.S. supply to only last about 50 years. If it is recycled it would last 300 to 500 years.
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