I've long been a nuclear power skeptic, but I'm starting to reconsider. Best I can tell, the fail safe physics of IFRs, pebble beds, and thorium molten salt cooled reactors are vastly superior to what's in place now.

I read though, that current plants are enormously profitable as they've been pretty much paid for. The owners/operators of such plants are going to want to keep them running come hell or high water (look, me make funny).

The cost of scuttling those and building IFRs at seismically stable sites would be huge. OTOH, if the hype is accurate, IFRs not only virtually eliminate existing waste, they will also provide around 100 years worth of electricity w/o any new U mining. Does sound too good to be true in some ways.

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