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[Dishevelled Den]

The foregoing is precisely why the vast majority of the Westminster trolls should be kicked out into the gutter where they belong.

The real enemy to the stability and future prospects of this nation and her peoples lies within those hallowed portals, those ‘Honourable Members’ so well practiced in the slick impedimentary techniques of political life, self interest and easy money.
 
Forget about the perceived threat from 'Brussels' - we are being done up like kippers by the very people given the right to supposedly represent us rather than become pert of an elite, an elite that's far removed from reality and the harsh effects of their unprofessional, uncontrolled, ill-regulated, uncaring and oftentimes illegal activity.

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Pert? - where's me friggin' edit button!!

[Rods2]

I used the word safe deliberately as Thorium reactors are much, much safer than other forms of reactor.

Advantages:

1. They only work when you bombard them with neutrons as soon as the source is turned off the nuclear reaction stops.
2. The fact that is is stored as a liquid in proposed reactors means it disapates heat automatically through natural circulation WITHOUT any pumps.
3. Much more difficult to extract weapons grade material, so safer to build in non-nuclear countries.
4. Much less nuclear waste and waste is mainly of short duration radioactive particles.
5. Thorium is much more abundant the Uranium, so we have a much greater source of fuel.
6. All nuclear material can be consumed compared with about 2% with Uranium.

America had several Thorium reactors running in the 1960's and it was proposed the building of the worlds first Thorium reactor power station, but it was turned down as USA / UK / France / USSR had all gone the Uranium route to get plutonium as a waste product for making nuclear bombs and because Uranium was abundant and cheaper to make into a nuclear fuel.

India is currently the world's leader on Thorium reactors. Their first commercial power station should go online this year and they have currently 3 test / prototype reactors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle

Coal contains many nuclear particles which are spewed into the atmosphere when it is burned and concentrated during the burning process to produce radioactive ash. So it is a major source of radiation pollution.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste