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Thorium: An energy solution - THORIUM REMIX 2011

gordonmcdowell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Nuclear power & fusion

What it is

A 2011 remix of over six hours of talks by Kirk Sorensen and other thorium advocates, explaining thorium as a nuclear fuel and the liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). It argues LFTRs could produce energy without long-lived transuranic waste.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN users send it to anyone asking about thorium or molten salt reactors as a compact overview that answers common anti-nuclear objections.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend this video on liquid-fluoride thorium reactors (LFTR)”

    Informative on LFTR design and countering anti-nuclear arguments.

    NatW, 2012-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Norway is building thorium reactor”

  2. “Learn about it in 5 minutes”

    Short introduction to liquid fluoride thorium reactors.

    JerkyTreatz, 2012-01 · Recommendation · in “We don't have abundant solar power because of financing, not science”

  3. “There is a great video on thorium reactor that was posted here or on reddit a while ago.”

    Thorium reactor overview.

    meztez, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What do you know about thorium as an energy source?”

  4. “If you are interested, you can get a great overview here”

    Overview of molten salt reactors.

    badloginagain, 2015-01 · Recommendation · in “ThorCon Power”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: lftr, molten salt reactor, kirk sorensen, nuclear energy, thorium

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