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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (35511)	9/6/2010 12:26:21 AM
From: axial	of 46821

Thorium * Thorium is much more abundant in nature than uranium. * Thorium can also be used as a nuclear fuel through breeding to fissile uranium-233. world-nuclear.org Thorium becomes U233 when irradiated. Without irradiation, it's not a fuel. We discussed modular, fail-safe pebble-bed reactors in 2004 [ Message 20894405 ] As the link above indicates, use of thorium in such reactors is an option. I still believe pebble-bed reactors are at least as attractive and safe as (probably more safe than) other advanced designs being proposed. Scalability and modularization are important benefits. Use of flouride and sodium in reactors for any reason is questionable, IMO. Jim

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