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No fissile material can be produced with these reactors so there was no interest in using them for power production in the latter 20th Century. The Air Force experimented with Thorium reactors to power heavy bombers so that they could remain airborne indefinitely. Mid air refueling made them lose interest.
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[–] Metanoiac 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No fissile material can be produced with these reactors so there was no interest in using them for power production in the latter 20th Century. The Air Force experimented with Thorium reactors to power heavy bombers so that they could remain airborne indefinitely. Mid air refueling made them lose interest.