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Non-Tech : Alternative energy
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To: Eric who wrote (10874)5/12/2011 2:10:33 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
Molten salt reactors in any fuel scheme are much, much more expensive to build than a water cooled reactor.

According to the wiki article you referenced:

Economic and social advantages

Combining the above, some form of molten-salt thorium breeder could be the most efficient well-developed energy source known, whether measured by cost per kW, capital cost or social costs.

No need for a costly high-pressure reactor vessel for the core, much lower fuel cost, safer, smaller sites,etc.
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