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Can someone please explain thorium extraction to me? I've heard the extraction of the element itself is very environmentally harmful at least compared to uranium (not saying this isn't a positive step in combatting climate change)
from what I'm reading it's a similar process? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089268751000004X