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Editor's note: This article by Carl Ford was originally posted on Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com. Follow the link to view the full article. .
By Carl Ford
Partner Crossfire Media
It turns out that thorium was understood to be a better alternative to uranium back in the late 1950s. Thorium is an outlier in nuclear energy because its radioactivity is readily available and not nearly as explosive. The design of a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) is far safer than uranium reactors because the system does not need fail-safe backup systems for cooling the core. So why did this strategy not take off?
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