I've summarized this into 17 screen shots of the lessons for the LFTR from history. Sign the petition!
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| 40th anniversary of Moon landing during Apollo Era |
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| Nuclear power is much more dense than chemical power. |
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| Thorium is no good for nuclear bombs. |
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| Fancy way of saying that the nuclear reaction is self controlled. |
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| One of many advantages of Thorium fuel cycle over the Uranium fuel cycle. |
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| Much easier to use the fuel in liquid form than in the solid form. |
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| In solid fuel reactors, you have a xenon gas problem. LFTR avoids this. |
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| Floride salts of uranium and thorium are easy to separate. |
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| Proof of concept already has been done. It works. |
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| Needs more work for commercialization, but are most of the way there. |
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| Two fluids meaning a thorium blanket and a uranium core- each a different fluid. |
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| Not under pressure as in a light water reactor- nor handling problems like sodium. |
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| Why it didn't catch on--- politics. |
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| High level waste problem is minimized. The stuff left over can be used for space program. |
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| Can even help with high level waste from light water reactors. |
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| Liquid floride reprocessing of spent fuel from light water reactors. |
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| What's not to like? |
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