Okay so I was scrolling through the PSL’s info page, and it is stated that they are to denuclearize the power grid. Why is this? I was under the impression that Nuclear Energy is the much more sustainable and frankly realistic source of power–even without Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium based ones.
Im finding it most orgs tend to stay away from Nuclear energy due to fear mongering from fossil fuel industries; Thus its stain in the imperial core, reaching from liberals to western "leftists". But I am surprised the PSL, a radical organization, is anti-nuclear.
FYI this isn't a deal breaker or anything--they seem to be taking the lead for vanguard party--just was curious of the stance on nuclear energy.
Thorium-based molten salt reactors are very promising and there are many ways to get around the trickyness of traditional nuclear energy.
There are schematics for these dating back to mid XX century. Thorium reactors are pretty much incapable of melting down since it’s reaction requires constant energy input to fissure, contrasted with uranium which needs energy input to keep from melting down and chain reacting. Thorium is at present date simply considered mining refuse bc it’s so abundant while uranium is rarer than gold. The reason why thorium was not accepted for experimentation is bc uranium is much easier to weaponize, as it requires much less processing.
I think people just need to be informed. A true environmentalist will readily accept the need for nuclear energy. While clout-chasers will continue to deny its necessity.
Isn’t Thorium basically like the safer more efficient version of uranium?
not really, it’s more nuanced than that. It was never quite figured out how to make reactors with it, although that information might be outdated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Here’s the wiki page. The science is solid. They know how to make them and there are experimental reactors. It’s safer than uranium reactors for lots of reasons, but no energy is without flaws or disadvantages.
They’ve mostly just not invested the resources into it, but we can blame that on the profit motive and the bomb lol.
PS. It’s hard to really understand the nuances of this stuff if you’re not some nuclear scientist… I’m most certainly not.