[ Ссылка ] Thorium is an abundant material which can be transformed into massive quantities of energy. To do so efficiently requires a very different nuclear reactor than the kind we use today- Not one that uses solid fuel rods, but a reactor in which the fuel is kept in a liquid state. Not one that uses pressurized water as a coolant, but a reactor that uses chemically stable molten salts.
Such a reactor is called a "Molten Salt Reactor". Many different configurations are possible. Some of these configurations can harness Thorium very efficiently.
This video explores the attributes of Molten Salt Reactors. Why are they compelling? And why do many people (including myself) see them as the only economical way of fully harnessing ALL our nuclear fuels... including Thorium.
This video has been under development since 2012. I hope it conveys to you why I personally find Molten Salt Reactors so compelling, as do the many volunteers and supporters who helped create it. Much of the footage was shot by volunteers.
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Entities pursuing Molten-Salt Reactors are...
Flibe Energy - [ Ссылка ]
Terrestrial Energy - [ Ссылка ]
Moltex Energy - [ Ссылка ]
ThorCon Power - [ Ссылка ]
Seaborg - [ Ссылка ]
Copenhagen Atomics - [ Ссылка ]
TerraPower - [ Ссылка ]
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - [ Ссылка ]
Chinese Academy of Sciences - [ Ссылка ]
Regular Thorium conferences are organized by:
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Table of Contents
00:00 Space
17:29 Constraints
28:22 Coolants
40:15 MSRE
48:54 Earth
59:46 Thorium
1:22:03 LFTR
1:36:13 Revolution
1:44:58 Forward
1:58:11 ROEI
2:05:41 Beginning
2:08:36 History
2:38:59 Dowtherm
2:47:57 Salt
2:51:44 Pebbles
3:06:07 India
3:18:44 Caldicott
3:35:55 Fission
3:56:22 Spectrum
4:04:25 Chemistry
4:12:51 Turbine
4:22:27 Waste
4:40:15 Decommission
4:54:39 Candlelight
5:13:06 Facts
5:26:08 Future
5:55:39 Pitches
5:56:17 Terrestrial
6:08:33 ThorCon
6:11:45 Flibe
6:20:51 End
6:25:53 Credits
Some of this footage is remixed from non-MSR related sources, to help explain the importance of energy for both space exploration and everyday life here on Earth. Most prominently...
Pandora's Promise - [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson - [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Robert Zubrin - [ Ссылка ]
Mars Underground - [ Ссылка ]
Andy Weir & Adam Savage - [ Ссылка ]
Periodic Table Videos - [ Ссылка ]
