Hadn't heard that. I remain skeptical. Bill McKibben does a pretty nice breakdown on the economics of nuclear power in Eaarth where he argues that once you get rid of the externalities, nuclear isn't much of a saver economically or environmentally. China, on the other hand, is all about externalities so that would be a reason for them to pursue it, particularly for export. Dunno. Got a link? I'm curious.
Here is the original article about the information: link Who knows what could happen. I have been following Lightbridge Corporation for a while now. They say the hard part is not the technology, just convincing governments to get on board. Edit: Also, I don't know about them exporting this if they do get it working. I think China is starting to clean up it's act, the air pollution problem is beyond critical.
Interesting. This gives me pause, though: Of course, living in California I see their coal pollution, so what the hell. Learned something new today. Thanks!Researchers working on the project said they were under unprecedented "war-like" pressure to succeed and some of the technical challenges they faced were difficult, if not impossible to solve in such a short period.