Hadhazy, Adam: Why Aren't We Using Thorium in Nuclear Reactors?Discover Magazine. 7.5.2014. Viitattu 11.3.2017. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "It’s certainly possible to base nuclear reactors around thorium, as opposed to the most commonly used element, uranium. And thorium reactors likely would be somewhat safer because of thorium-based fuel’s greater stability versus uranium-based fuel, with the added benefit of not producing as much nuclear bomb fuel."
A Plan to Power the World with ThoriumEnergy from Thorium. Viitattu 12.3.2017. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "In one of the great historical tragedies of human history, this marvelous new energy source was discovered during a time of war, and was immediately put to work for destructive means. This colored and affected forever how world leaders and the public would view this incredible discovery, and is a legacy that we find ourselves, even seventy years later, still trying to move past."
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Katusa, Marin: The Thing About Thorium: Why The Better Nuclear Fuel May Not Get A ChanceForbes. 16.2.2012. Viitattu 11.3.2017. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "So why on earth are we using uranium? As you may recall, research into the mechanization of nuclear reactions was initially driven not by the desire to make energy, but by the desire to make bombs. The $2 billion Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb sparked a worldwide surge in nuclear research, most of it funded by governments embroiled in the Cold War. And here we come to it: Thorium reactors do not produce plutonium, which is what you need to make a nuke."
