Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down162file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
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minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoBreeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes. The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agowere not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.
Breeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes.
The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
were not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.