An example of this is the use of thorium as a fuel. Thorium is estimated to be about four times more common in nature than uranium. However, if thorium is used in existing reactors, radioactive waste will still be generated¹02 In the short term, it will not be possible to use thorium as a fuel in existing reactors. To date, for example, there is no infrastructure for the large-scale production of thorium as a fuel. At the current (and foreseeable) uranium prices, the necessary investments will not be made. Potentially, thorium could be used more efficiently as a fuel in molten salt reactors. In that case, the production of long-lived radioactive waste is nil and the radioactivity of the remaining waste decreases sharply after a few hundred years. Another important advantage of this reactor is that it is inherently safe. However, research still needs to be done before molten salt reactors can be built for the production of energy. The government supports research into innovations, such as molten salt reactors and other generation IV reactors, which could eventually play a role in the energy supply. With a European climate target of Bo to 95% reduction by 2050, there is virtually no CO₂ emission space for electricity generation in Europe. The electricity market is currently undergoing a transition with a rapidly increasing use of renewable energy. We are committed to stimulating more renewable energy production. New coal-fired power stations do not fit into this transition. In the Energy Agreement we have agreed that we will accelerate the phasing out of the most polluting electricity production. Due to the efficiency requirements introduced by the cabinet, in