Thread: Fusion Vs Fission, the future of power generation

If you haven't taken the time to read it all, I'm happy about this.

Thorium reactors also produce just a fraction of the radioactive waste of conventional nuclear power stations, they aren't suitable for making weapons grade material, and can even be used to consume existing nuclear waste as a fuel source.

Thorium is three times as abundant as uranium, with Australia having the world's largest known reserves.

Yes, I have read about thorium reactors. An

The problem in Australia is that our government is so short-sighted and focussed on their own political terms, that there has been absolutely nowhere near enough planning for future power sources.

We should have started standard nuclear fission plants at least 10 years ago.

We should start work on researching and developing thorium reactors now.

But we won't. We'll keep burning coal. When the rest of the developed world starts getting some thorium reactors online, we'll start digging up our thorium and selling it, and keep burning coal.

I thought it was India and the region with the largest Thorium reserves. Australia was certainly not short of it in any case.
Call me a Cynic, however my reading from days past led me to the opinion that the uranium fuel power stations were more of an excuse/justification for continued research mining and processing of uranium whose primary purpose was weaponry.

Some will dispute the quantities isotopes. mined processed and required for weapons vs power production and further argue efficiencies between uranium and thorium However the weapons aspect seems to be the driving factor behind uranium use.

And of course why would 1st world countries with big business want 2nd and 3rd world countries to have access to cheap efficient and clean power?