LFTRs in 5 minutes - Thorium Reors
- 7 лет назад
A short video of Kirk Sorensen taking us through the benefits of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reors, a revolutionary liquid reor that runs not on uranium, but thorium. These work and have been built before. Search for either LFTRs or Molten Salt Reors (MSR).\r
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The main downsides/negatives to the LFTR are technology, politics, corrosion and the general public being scared of nuclear radiation. Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reors were created 50 years ago by an American chap named Alvin Weinberg, but the American Government realised you cant weaponise the by-products and so they werent interested.\r
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Another point, yes it WAS corrosive, but these tests of this reor were 50 years ago, our technology has definitely improved since then so a leap to create this reor shouldnt be too hard.\r
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And nuclear fear is extremely common in the average person, rather irrational though it may be. More people have died from fossil fuels and even hydroelectric power than nuclear power. \r
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No, it would not collapse the economy (yes, people ually ask this question). just like the use of uranium reors didnt. neither did coal. This is because you wouldnt have an instant transition from coal. oil. everything else to thorium. We could not do that. Simply due to the engineering. Give it 50 years we might be using thorium instead of coal/oil (too late in terms of global warming, but thats another debate completely), but we certainly wont destroy the earths economy. Duh.\r
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And yes he said wed never run out. Not strictly true. bloody sceptics . LFTRs can harness 3.5 million Kwh per Kg of thorium! 70 times greater than uranium, 10,000 greater than oil. and there is over 2.6 million tonnes of it on earth. Anyone with a calculator, or a brain, will understand that is a lot of energy!! \r
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Any more questions I will try and answer.\r
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Thanks for watching. And please, please share this video with as many people as you can. The more that know about this, the greater chance of change. \r
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The main downsides/negatives to the LFTR are technology, politics, corrosion and the general public being scared of nuclear radiation. Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reors were created 50 years ago by an American chap named Alvin Weinberg, but the American Government realised you cant weaponise the by-products and so they werent interested.\r
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Another point, yes it WAS corrosive, but these tests of this reor were 50 years ago, our technology has definitely improved since then so a leap to create this reor shouldnt be too hard.\r
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And nuclear fear is extremely common in the average person, rather irrational though it may be. More people have died from fossil fuels and even hydroelectric power than nuclear power. \r
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No, it would not collapse the economy (yes, people ually ask this question). just like the use of uranium reors didnt. neither did coal. This is because you wouldnt have an instant transition from coal. oil. everything else to thorium. We could not do that. Simply due to the engineering. Give it 50 years we might be using thorium instead of coal/oil (too late in terms of global warming, but thats another debate completely), but we certainly wont destroy the earths economy. Duh.\r
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And yes he said wed never run out. Not strictly true. bloody sceptics . LFTRs can harness 3.5 million Kwh per Kg of thorium! 70 times greater than uranium, 10,000 greater than oil. and there is over 2.6 million tonnes of it on earth. Anyone with a calculator, or a brain, will understand that is a lot of energy!! \r
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Any more questions I will try and answer.\r
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Thanks for watching. And please, please share this video with as many people as you can. The more that know about this, the greater chance of change. \r
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R.