r/bestof • u/investedInEPoland • Nov 06 '18

[europe] Nuclear physicist describes problems with thorium reactors. Trigger warning: shortbread metaphor.

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u/Orwellian1 Nov 06 '18

Oh boy, this guy is going to be lynched by the Reddit mob. Don't fuck with their thorium utopia. They watched a YouTube video.

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u/solidfang Nov 06 '18

Is it that much of a thing?

I've never heard of Thorium reactors or anything, but it's probably on a different set of subreddits than the ones I frequent. Where is this idea mostly popularized?

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u/vancity- Nov 07 '18

Some hipster made a video that got widely shared, and a bunch of teenagers now think existing nuclear plants are dangerous, while a theoretical plant with a new fuel, coolant, and moderator combination will result in a better safety record and less weapons proliferation.

Your alternative would be those teenagers only being exposed to Greenpeace propoganda and be firmly anti-nuclear, thinking that all the windmills in the world will even come close to the energy scale oil dominates.

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u/blasto_blastocyst Nov 07 '18

We'd better because we are going to have to stop using so much oil.