Good news. China will likely prove thorium reactors work and then sell them to other nations. US&EU will give lectures to the world on renewables and how terrible nuclear power is, yet will keep using their coal plants. Plans on shutting coal will keep moving indefinitely into the future - 2020, 2030, 2040, yadda
https://www.power-eng.com/coal/eia-u-s-coal-fired-generation...
https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/german-expat-news/coal-ov...