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China Set to Begin First Trials of Thorium Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor

posted by martyb on Sunday August 29 2021, @01:34AM   
from the glowing-recommendation? dept.

wirelessduck writes:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-28/china-thorium-molten-salt-nuclear-reactor-energy/100351932

Scientists in China are about to turn on for the first time an experimental reactor that's believed by some to be the Holy Grail of nuclear energy — safer, cheaper and with less potential for weaponisation.

Construction on the thorium-based molten salt reactor was expected to be finished this month with the first tests to begin as early as September, according to a statement from the Gansu provincial government.

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• Re:safer, cheaper and with less potential for weap (Score: 3, Interesting) by krishnoid on Sunday August 29 2021, @11:08PM

  by krishnoid (1156) on Sunday August 29 2021, @11:08PM (#1172127)

  I recently found myself in an argument when I said that something was an "interesting theory"; the person thought I meant "idea" or "perception" when I meant "scientifically verifiable theory", and had to requalify it a few times as "scientific theory".

  Hence, I propose "scientific faith". The math is there, the science is there, the independently observable evidence (modulo the, uh, big interstellar telescope illuminati cartel) is there that the up-to-date theory matches the to-date observations, which is different than the vernacular "faith" [dumbingofage.com].

  Example: "Crisis of scientific faith": we propose an update to the model, publish, and move on. You know, like we have every time it happened in scientific history.

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  Starting Score:	1		point
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  Interesting=1, Total=1
  Extra 'Interesting' Modifier		0
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