Rejected petition That the Department strongly considers the use of Thorium based nuclear reactors. For generation of electricity

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Thorium reactors burn up dangerous waste such as plutonium, their own waste is measured in hundreds rather than millions of years. In the case of a Fukushime type problem, the reactors automatically shut down. They do NOT produce weapons grade by-products but can produce electricity effectively. Result!

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Date submitted 5 August 2011
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