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China unveils power of thorium reactor for world’s largest cargo ship (www.scmp.com)

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The same argument could be used about oil based cargo ships. Honestly it's argueable that oil fuel spilling into n ecosystem might be worst for the environment and public health.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Oil fueled ships ARE worse and less safe. The amount of fail-safes on nuclear powered generation now is crazy. An oil fueled ship is just a big tank waiting to be ruptured.

Not to mention, there are tons of nuclear powered ships and submarines. They make is sound like this isn't a thing that's been out there for decades. They have. The only difference is they haven't been thorium reactors.

[–] Orcinus@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Or cargo, I believe.