Despite its early promise, research into liquid-fluoride thorium reactors was abandoned - the most likely reason being that the technology offered no potential for producing nuclear weapons.

尽管早期发现了各种各样的优势，液态氟钍反应堆技术研究依然被终止了——最合理的原因是这种技术不太可能被用于生产核武器。

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Yes I have seen the advocacy for Liquid Fluoride Thorium reactors and there are some apparent tantalizing advantages over current Uranium reactor designs like ability to burn plutonium as a starter fuel, less production of transuranics, higher fuel burn efficiencies, etc.

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Rival ideas withered, among them the thorium liquid-fuel reactor, powered by molten fluoride salt containing thorium.

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