Power cheaper than coal – thorium AND uranium make it possible
…19/W, compared to new nuclear power plants like the AP1000 at $5/W, or the LFTR goat of $2/W to produce energy cheaper than coal. My projected costs for the thorium molten salt reactor are not just based on historical proposals. The high-temperature, high-efficiency, atmospheric pressure LFTRs will have much less mass and presumably cost that LWRs. The book also reviews the potential of units such as the AP1000, which is now being built in China a…