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.
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 It was never quite figured out how to make reactors with it, although that information might be outdated.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.