It takes about 10 years to build a commercial nuclear power plant from existing designs. Right now, there is no design for a commercial thorium reactor, so we are looking at a minimum of say another 10 years for workable thorium reactor to be developed. So best case, we're 20 years out from safe thorium reactors--and that's assuming a straight line, no surprises or unexpected hazards or dangers that we did not anticipate.
I'm old enough to remember that nuclear power was once billed as the future of cheap, safe electricity that will be "too cheap to meter."
I'm happy to be proved wrong on thorium, but I won't hold my breath.
It takes about 10 years to build a commercial nuclear power plant from existing designs. Right now, there is no design for a commercial thorium reactor, so we are looking at a minimum of say another 10 years for workable thorium reactor to be developed. So best case, we're 20 years out from safe thorium reactors--and that's assuming a straight line, no surprises or unexpected hazards or dangers that we did not anticipate.
I'm old enough to remember that nuclear power was once billed as the future of cheap, safe electricity that will be "too cheap to meter."
I'm happy to be proved wrong on thorium, but I won't hold my breath.