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I want to do more research in Thorium reactors. They are much safer than uranium.
On meltdown issues maybe, but if it's one of the molten salt types, they generate way more waste. Old school rods make long term storage of waste actually pretty easy
Burning all actinides is pure scifi. Nothing close to it has ever happened.
Nor has a full fuel cycle of a thorium reactor burning the primary fuel (U233) to similar burnup levels as a traditional U235 reactor hecause the waste is so much harder to handle and the salts are so corrosive.
And "more" is relative. All the nuclear waste ever created worldwide could be stored in a single specialized facility if we were inclined to do so.
Compare against the waste generated at a single coal plant.
Now I am not suggesting this... but what would happen if you just dropped it into deepest part of the ocean?
I'd be more happy if they just dug a really big borehole and then just filled it up where no one lives
A billionaire will implode going to look for it.