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Furthermore, China is also investigating Thorium tech. This might be the bigger news long term.

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Built upon the technology of Germany's AVR[1]. We're still cleaning up that mess. "The total AVR decommissioning costs are expected to be in the order of 1.5 – 2.5 billion €, all public funds, ie to exceed its construction costs by far."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor

imglorpOP8y ago

That sounds like a mess but it was a U/Th, pebble bed mess. Hopefully Th molten salt method works out better.

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morsch8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor

imglorpOP8y ago

That sounds like a mess but it was a U/Th, pebble bed mess. Hopefully Th molten salt method works out better.

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