Thorium is also thoroughly useless for making nuclear weapons. For one, a thorium-powered nuclear reactor can never undergo a meltdown. If there is such a thing as green nuclear power, thorium is it. 'Thorium is a superior nuclear fuel to uranium in almost every conceivable way.
Here's a thor-bore in full flight − a science journalist who should know better: Their arguments have little merit but they refuse to go away. Many Nuclear Monitor readers will be familiar with the tiresome rhetoric of thorium enthusiasts − let's call them thor-bores.