Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Countries are vowing more nuclear energy. But can they afford it? | Transforming Business" video.

@grmpEqweer more die from cold than heat, and "viscous" due to "global warming" is nonsense. I'm in California and the coast experienced record cool temps this spring and summer, it rained this weekend. Next gen nukes are "walk-away-safe" and can be exported into areas of the world where inexpensive energy is needed now.
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@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage Yes, it can be used for weapons, just not as cheaply.
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@rumls4drinkin thorium design is different, no high pressure containment vessel required, no cooling since the reaction must be fed, and walk-away-safe. In the case of an accident, the reactor cannot melt down, as all heat dissipates passively into the environment without moving parts or fluids, and no matter the scenario.
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@AORD72 The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been granted an operating licence for the experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten-salt reactor, construction of which started in Wuwei city, Gansu province, in September 2018.
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@rumls4drinkin According to the World Nuclear Association(WNA), Thorium(Th) is more plentiful compared to uranium(U). However, it is "fertile" instead of "fissile," meaning it can only be used as fuel in combination with a fissile material such as recycled plutonium. While using thorium as a primary energy source has been enticing for a long time, cost-effectively extracting its potential energy value has been difficult.
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Chinese authorities have officially given the green light to commission a working thorium-based molten salt nuclear reactor. Currently under construction since 2018, the reactor in question, "Thorium Molten Salt Reactor - Liquid Fuel 1" (TMSR-LF1), is being built at the Hongshagang Industrial Cluster, Wuwei City, Gansu Province.
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