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Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times (www.cnn.com)
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Does Nuclear count as Green Energy? I feel like it should, since it doesn't really pollute and lasts a lot.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And the thorium bros are in the Fediverse now too... Great...

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I know the United States had a working thorium-salt reactor, running inside a flying airplane, back in the 60's. It was abandoned because uranium was already in steady supply from nuclear weapons development.

What's the problem? It's a perfectly viable technology and has been proven to work at least once. I have heard China has been experimenting with them in recent years but haven't looked into it.