Don't drink Tap water within 20 kilometers of Fukushima Nuclear plant

The latest news says "Don't drink any tap or well water within 20 kilometers of the nuclear plant and now the ocean is contaminated up to 60 kilometers out to sea in radius from the plant. Also, the radiation from #3 reactor with plutonium is 2 million times worse than ordinary uranium radiation for everything living on earth. If you remember reactor #3 is reprocessed fuel from nuclear weapons which is as I said above 2 million times more toxic to all life than ordinary uranium reactors are. It is said that the Chinese are moving forward with Thorium in their newest reactors because thorium is supposed to be safer. However, I have no documentation as to the fact that thorium is safer yet.

when I researched thorium at Wikipedia this is what I found:

Thorium

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Not to be confused with thallium or thulium.

actinium ← thorium → protactinium Ce ↑ Th ↓ (Uqn) 90Th Periodic table
Appearance
silvery white
General properties
Name, symbol, number	thorium, Th, 90
Pronunciation	/ˈθɔəriəm/ THOHR-ee-əm
Element category	actinide
Group, period, block	n/a, 7, f
Standard atomic weight	232.0381g·mol−1
Electron configuration	[Rn] 6d2 7s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 10, 2 (Image)
Physical properties
Phase	solid
Density (near r.t.)	11.7 g·cm−3
Melting point	2115 K, 1842 °C, 3348 °F
Boiling point	5061 K, 4788 °C, 8650 °F
Heat of fusion	13.81 kJ·mol−1
Heat of vaporization	514 kJ·mol−1
Specific heat capacity	(25 °C) 26.230 J·mol−1·K−1
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 2633 2907 3248 3683 4259 5055
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	4, 3, 2 (weakly basic oxide)
Electronegativity	1.3 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies	1st: 587 kJ·mol−1
	2nd: 1110 kJ·mol−1
	3rd: 1930 kJ·mol−1
Atomic radius	179 pm
Covalent radius	206±6 pm
Miscellanea
Crystal structure	face-centered cubic
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic[1]
Electrical resistivity	(0 °C) 147 nΩ·m
Thermal conductivity	(300 K) 54.0 W·m−1·K−1
Thermal expansion	(25 °C) 11.0 µm·m−1·K−1
Speed of sound (thin rod)	(20 °C) 2490 m/s
Young's modulus	79 GPa
Shear modulus	31 GPa
Bulk modulus	54 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.27
Mohs hardness	3.0
Vickers hardness	350 MPa
Brinell hardness	400 MPa
CAS registry number	7440-29-1
Most stable isotopes
Main article: Isotopes of thorium
iso NA half-life DM DE (MeV) DP 228Th trace 1.9116 years α 5.520 224Ra 229Th syn 7340 years α 5.168 225Ra 230Th trace 75380 years α 4.770 226Ra 231Th trace 25.5 hours β 0.39 231Pa 232Th 100% 1.405×1010 years α 4.083 228Ra 234Th trace 24.1 days β 0.27 234Pa
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Thorium ( /ˈθɔriəm/ THOHR-ee-əm) is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element, found in abundance throughout the world. Thorium atoms (symbol Th) have an atomic number of 90, with 90 protons and 90 electrons, of which 4 are valence electrons. It was discovered in 1828 and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
In nature, thorium is found as thorium-232 (100.00%). Thorium decays slowly by emitting an alpha particle. The half-life of thorium-232 is about 14.05 billion years. It is estimated to be about three to four times more abundant than uranium in the Earth's crust. It is a by-product of the extraction of rare earths from monazite sands. The formerly widespread uses of thorium, for example as a light emitting material in gas mantles or as an alloying material in several metals, have decreased due to concerns about its radioactivity.
Thorium-232 was used for breeding nuclear fuel – uranium (233), for example, in the molten-salt reactor experiment (MSR) conducted in the United States from 1964 to 1969. Most of the initial test reactors were closed down. However, countries including Russia, India, and recently China, have plans to use thorium for their nuclear power, partly because of its safety benefits.