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First US molten salt reactor in over 50 years to be built (www.businessinsider.com)

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One study suggested that the reactors could produce more nuclear waste than current systems and that they "will use highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive."

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[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Read the article, the OP only quoted the part that talked about the downsides

It's about developing small, safe reactors

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ostensible reasons.* are different from reasons. Go deeper.

*Autocorrect cracks me up, sometimes