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To: LindyBill who wrote (409034)2/6/2011 4:23:44 AM
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RE:Fury is building over rolling nationwide blackouts triggered by the Obama administration's deliberate agenda to block the construction of new coal-fired plants, as local energy companies struggle to meet Americans' power demands amidst some of the coldest weather seen in decades.

China bets on thorium

Brand new nuclear programme within 20 years

By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author

Posted in Physics, 1st February 2011 14:43 GMT

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China has committed itself to establishing an entirely new nuclear energy programme using thorium as a fuel, within 20 years. The LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) is a 4G reactor that uses liquid salt as both fuel and coolant. China uses the more general term TMSR (Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor).

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