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on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:07PM
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from the interesting-but-not-surprising dept.
Three of the four major candidates for United States president have responded to America's Top 20 Presidential Science, Engineering, Technology, Health and Environmental Questions. The nonprofit advocacy group ScienceDebate.org has posted their responses online. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Jill Stein had all responded as of press time, and the group was awaiting responses from Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:30PM
thorium reactors can be made into bombs. It is not as safe as you think.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Snow on Wednesday September 14 2016, @05:16PM
You know what else can be made into bombs? Bombs.
The USA makes god knows how many of those per year and no one seems to care about that.
(Score: 2) by WalksOnDirt on Wednesday September 14 2016, @06:00PM
Not easily. Liquid fueled thorium reactors have a very tight neutron economy. To make a bomb you'll have to shutdown a reactor, or at least spend many years making one. There are much more practical ways to make a bomb.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:10PM
So can fertilizer.