I may remember wrong, but IIRC they can run on the spent fuel from conventional nuclear reactors, since there’s still an incredible amount of energy left in it.
There is apparently also litterally no chance for a meltdown because it will simply shut down.
So even if we say they’re only able to produce half the amount of power that a conventional nuclear plant can do with the same footprint. It’ll still be easier to find the space for them, they’ll be better waste-wise, and also be a lot safer.
I only really know about this danish company. but they usually claim to be able to build a thorium reactor in a standard sized shipping container.
I may remember wrong, but IIRC they can run on the spent fuel from conventional nuclear reactors, since there’s still an incredible amount of energy left in it.
There is apparently also litterally no chance for a meltdown because it will simply shut down.
So even if we say they’re only able to produce half the amount of power that a conventional nuclear plant can do with the same footprint. It’ll still be easier to find the space for them, they’ll be better waste-wise, and also be a lot safer.