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Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/europe-3-energy-shocks-in-4-years-what-to-do-next/

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[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Uranium-based nuclear power isnโ€™t ideal, but thorium-based nuclear power shows a lot of promise, because thorium is both way more common than uranium, and way harder to weaponize.

[โ€“] nlgranger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It is the other way around though: because it cannot be weaponized, there was no incentive to develop an industrial reactor and a supply chain. The remaining technical and scientific challenges on this technology are non-trivial too as I understand, so it will be a few decades before we see one in action even if we took the decision to invest in it today.

Yeah but that's still experimental, right?

[โ€“] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Thorium reactor rely on transmuting thorium into a form of uranium, a form which itself can be extracted and weaponized...