The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)
What it is
Kirk Sorensen's Google Tech Talk on thorium molten-salt reactors (LFTR). He covers why the technology was shelved after early development and argues that now is the right time to revisit it.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as the go-to pitch for liquid fluoride thorium reactors whenever nuclear power comes up.
- 4 people recommended it
- 4 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2012, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“Kirk Sorensen has been a major advocate of molten-salt reactors and gave a great Google tech talk on the subject.”
Great talk by major molten-salt reactor advocate
Difwif, 2015-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Transatomic Power”
“we've already got the technology for clean(er), cheaper reactors now”
Thorium reactors as existing cleaner, cheaper technology
pippy, 2012-10 · Recommendation · in “Fusion power could arrive sooner than expected”
“his talk seems fairly well cited.”
Well-cited talk by a thorium proponent
eco, 2012-12 · Recommendation · in “Thorium”
“This discussion always leaves out LFTR”
Explains advantages of thorium liquid fluoride reactors
jgod, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Utilities Want to Convert Coal Plants to Nuclear; Skeptics Abound”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: thorium, lftr, nuclear energy, molten salt, kirk sorensen
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