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		te_chris on July 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thorium nuclear reactors: a possible solution of t... "Misguided government regulation is the main problem, but Sorenson's company plans to get around that by selling to the military first." Sorry but is this subtle irony? My apologies if it's not, I don't know anything about this field. It just seems weird that the military wouldn't be subject to the same regulations that the govt. sets? Or in the US are the military able to ignore some of the regulations around this?

DennisP on July 3, 2011 | [–]

The NRC has no authority over nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The military's stuff is classified, and it does its own regulation.

cheez on July 3, 2011 | [–]

The latter, I'm sure. When you are a war economy, the military rules supreme.

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