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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure it's the right way now. Small modular reactors, regardless of tech, seem to be the way forward, and molten salt/thorium could just increase the amount of new things that need to be tested and developed.