1h07m23s28f Uranium and Plutonium have Lingering Association with Weapons in Public Mind TR2016a
Channel: Thorium Remix
Date: 2017-04-26

http://ThoriumRemix.com/ Both uranium and Plutonium can be and are of course peacefully used, and alleviate a great deal of human suffering.

But I must admit, there is that lingering notion of how terribly in weapons at one point in time, that does make it difficult for the public to accept forms of energy that have that connection, and-

Thorium, fortunately, was never employed in that manner and so probably has a neutral feeling in most people's minds.

They don't really have an opinion one way or the other about thorium any more than they would about dysprosium or something else on the periodic table.