Summary The United States was actively working on a thorium based nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1950s. It had a number of advantages over uranium and plutonium reactor .but it was canceled because thorium has no military applications, e.g. bombs, except possibly nuclear powered airplanes. But climate change and the better safety of thorium reactors is reviving interest notably in China and certain private companies.

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