China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
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China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
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Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#2Nuclear is far from the best source of electricity, but it is far less damaging to the environment than coal or NG if handled and designed properly. If countries can work together to put them in places that protect from major earthquakes or other natural disasters then I think we can get some decent movement on reduce GHG emissions from power plants.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#3That would be awesome, but unfortunately the CCP have proven to us that we can't trust their word.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#4Nuclear is far from the best source of electricity, but it is far less damaging to the environment than coal or NG if handled and designed properly. If countries can work together to put them in places that protect from major earthquakes or other natural disasters then I think we can get some decent movement on reduce GHG emissions from power plants.
How long does it take to plan and build a nuclear plant? At the rate solar, wind and energy storage are improving, will it be worth the wait? Solar has dropped in price by more than 80% in the past 10 years.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#5Nuclear is far from the best source of electricity, but it is far less damaging to the environment than coal or NG if handled and designed properly. If countries can work together to put them in places that protect from major earthquakes or other natural disasters then I think we can get some decent movement on reduce GHG emissions from power plants.
One nice thing about a molten salt reactor like China is building is that the dangerous fission products are chemically bound in the salt. If some external event breaks the reactor wide open, the salt cools and you just have radioactive rocks there on the site, instead of a radioactive cloud over a large region.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#6Nuclear is far from the best source of electricity, but it is far less damaging to the environment than coal or NG if handled and designed properly. If countries can work together to put them in places that protect from major earthquakes or other natural disasters then I think we can get some decent movement on reduce GHG emissions from power plants.
How long does it take to plan and build a nuclear plant? At the rate solar, wind and energy storage are improving, will it be worth the wait? Solar has dropped in price by more than 80% in the past 10 years.
Present-day reactors, a long time. Small modular reactors built in factories or shipyards could be pretty quick. Some of those designs are MSRs like China's reactor.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#7Nuclear is far from the best source of electricity, but it is far less damaging to the environment than coal or NG if handled and designed properly. If countries can work together to put them in places that protect from major earthquakes or other natural disasters then I think we can get some decent movement on reduce GHG emissions from power plants.
How long does it take to plan and build a nuclear plant? At the rate solar, wind and energy storage are improving, will it be worth the wait? Solar has dropped in price by more than 80% in the past 10 years.
Compare the EROEI on solar (~10) vs nuclear (~100), and LFTR (~1200 maybe...) in particular, there is no comparison. In the future we will need far more electrical energy, it's not enough to just replace what we currently have. Also if we want to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere, we will need a tremendous amount of power.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#8That would be awesome, but unfortunately the CCP have proven to us that we can't trust their word.
They say they’re 9 years away. That’s a long enough date that I’d be skeptical of any government that was giving a prediction for nearly a decade out.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#9That would be awesome, but unfortunately the CCP have proven to us that we can't trust their word.
> That would be awesome, but unfortunately the CCP has proven to us that we can't trust their word. Over and over again.
IMHO, claims like this from them should be believed 100%, because to do otherwise invites complacency.
Re: China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
#10This could also be a feint to get DoD money into the technology.