Thorium part two

The space needed for wind farms and solar fields is very large and most times far from the point of use meaning long transmission line. A one gigawatt nuclear power plant takes up 500 acres of land while the same power for solar panels requires 100,000 acres and for wind 12 million acres. Thorium molten salt reactors would use only 100 acres. One hundred megawatt thorium reactors can be manufactured on an assembly line basis and shipped to the use point by semi truck. Ten of these will equal a one gigawatt uranium plant. The same company will manufacture the reactors and generators and install them at the use point. This company will then operate the units and sell the power to the end user. This could be a city or a large manufacturing facility. This eliminates the need for transmission lines and since the reactor needs no water it can operate any where. It could be set up in the desert near the ocean to desalt sea water and grow crops in arid areas. It could be set up near any water supply to break down water in to oxygen and hydrogen to make hydrogen fuel for transportation. Hydrogen could also be used to combine with CO2 extracted from the air to make synthetic diesel and jet fuel. Thorium reactors can be a source of important medical chemicals like Acitnium 225 and Lead 212 and Bismuth 213 used in cancer treatment. Unlike uranium plants, thorium plants do not have to shut down for refueling every two years since fuel is continuously added. For many the fact that thorium plants do not produce bomb material is a plus. It would take 40,000 one hundred megawatt thorium reactors to produce the electricity needed by the US today and 10,000 more over the next 20 years.