Japan hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake

[Wayne64SS]

@SlackJ94

No, we are just doing it wrong. Most (all?) of the worlds reactors are fueled by uranium, which is far inferior to using thorium. The uranium is used is because most of the research and funding occurred during the cold war, and governments wanted plutonium, which is a by product of using uranium, but not thorium.

Thorium is much more abundant.
Thorium produces much less waste
The waste produced remains radioactive for hundreds of years instead of hundreds of thousands.
And more importantly, LFTRs (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) cannot meltdown.

Thorium as a nuclear fuel isn’t perfect, but it is far better than uranium.

Info:
Thorium - Wikipedia
http://energyfromthorium.com/lftradsrisks.html

What is happening in Japan is terrible. And I am with you in that the current nuclear power situation is epic fail, but it is only because we are doing it wrong. I’d love to see the thorium movement use this disaster as a stepping point for replacing every uranium reactor in the world with a much safer, much cheaper, LFTR.

With the limited knowledge I have on the subject I’d be all for these, however, they don’t exist and therefore don’t apply to what I was saying.

@Vovchandr

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/28/us-energy-death-windfarm-idUSN2720796920070828

:shifty

You can’t criticize something without offering a good alternate solution. Otherwise you will just sound like a voter.

Nuclear may be bad, but it’s sure as hell better than no power.

@Shady

Agree 100%

You 2 are fucking morons.