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+Plan: Countries will switch all reactors to liquid fuel thorium reactors. |
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+That solves – it has zero radiation damage. |
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+Hargraves and Moir 10 Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined Author(s): Robert Hargraves and Ralph Moir Source: American Scientist, Vol. 98, No. 4 (July-August 2010), |
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+Liquid fuel thorium |
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+the liquid fuel. |
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+Counterplan competes – there are net benefits and it’s mutually exclusive since you can’t prohibit reactors and switch them at the same time. |
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+Future potential is immense – thorium-based reactors are commercially implementable now. |
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+Zou and Barnett 14 (Xinyuan Zou and Joe Barnett, “The Potential of Thorium for Safer, Cleaner and Cheaper Energy,” September 26th 2014, http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ib149, National Center for Policy Analysis) |
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+Thorium-based reactors |
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+electricity prices significantly |
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+Thorium solves – no waste. |
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+Hargraves and Moir 10 Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined Author(s): Robert Hargraves and Ralph Moir Source: American Scientist, Vol. 98, No. 4 (July-August 2010), |
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+Among the most |
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+with minimal waste. |
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+Thorium solves – no risk of a meltdown or accident. |
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+Hargraves and Moir 10 Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined Author(s): Robert Hargraves and Ralph Moir Source: American Scientist, Vol. 98, No. 4 (July-August 2010), |
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+Safety First It |
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+shutdown of the reactor. |