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How to scale up [[nuclear power]] enough to [[decarbonize energy]]? | How to scale up [[nuclear power]] enough to [[decarbonize energy]] production? | ||
==Things that won't work== | ==Things that won't work== | ||
{{minor|''Follow the page links for more details about why.''}} | |||
* [[Conventional nuclear power]] - Uranium-235 is too scarce. | * [[Conventional nuclear power]] - Uranium-'''235''' is too scarce. | ||
* [[Small nuclear reactors]] - Same scarcity, plus greater risk of weapons proliferation. | * [[Small nuclear reactors]] - Same scarcity, plus greater risk of weapons proliferation. | ||
* Uranium-238 [[breeder reactors]] - Abundant fuel, but still a weapons proliferation risk. | * Uranium-'''238''' [[breeder reactors]] - Abundant fuel, but still a weapons proliferation risk. | ||
* Hydrogen [[fusion]] - Will probably be viable in the distant future, but we can't wait around. | * Hydrogen [[fusion]] - Will probably be viable in the distant future, but we can't wait around. | ||
==Projects needed== | ==Projects needed== | ||
* '''[[Thorium breeder reactors]]''' - Safe reactors that run on very abundant fuel | * '''[[Thorium breeder reactors]]''' - Safe reactors that run on very abundant fuel | ||