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by skrause 2477 days ago
"4th gen nuclear" that could utilize current waste is years or even decades away from commercial availability. If you want to bet everything on a potential future technology that doesn't currently exist why not choose nuclear fusion? That will really solve all your waste and fuel problems...
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>> "4th gen nuclear" that could utilize current waste is years or even decades away from commercial availability

It's not: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Russias-BN-800-unit-ent...

I agree with you on fusion. But as a stop gap, thorium and 4th gen nuclear sound awesome to me.