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US Unveils Plan to Triple Nuclear Power By 2050 as Demand Soars (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can make nukes with material (U-233) bred in the thorium fuelcycle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-233

There are serious diverse problems with the thorium fuelcycle, including MSR. This is the reason it is not being developed vigorously. But China and India particularly are looking into it.