thorium powered clocks began ticking as of todayhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/science/first-nuclear-clocks-thorium-229.htmlThe first thorium nuclear clocks are not going to immediately supplant the worldwide network of atomic clocks, whose steady ticking we rely on for GPS and the definition of a second. Traditionally atomic clocks were measuring microwave resonance frequencies and electron energy transitions of cesium-133.Thorium is more easily abtainable element.Thorium has not captured the record for most precise timepiece; >the best cesium atomic clocks are about 10,000 times more reliable and would take more than 100 billion years to lose one second.>But we dont need that kind of precision.
>>544024809You need to do read up on why thorium isn't a viable replacement. Fyi. If Canada doesn't ship any thorium we might be able to build three reactors. And none of you get any more thorium.
>>544024990thorium is needed in very small amounts to create clocks that last ten years
