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by PaywallBuster 1525 days ago
It's nuclear power based on Thorium instead of Uranium

The tale goes that DoD was researching both options during the Cold War? and eventually shut down the Thorium research due to the warfare potential of enriched uranium

It's becoming more popular last 10 years or so, with books being written about it and private companies picking up the development of the technology