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Gates touted thorium molten salt reactors previously. Does anyone know if this is now a preferred technology staying with Uranium or a compromise from his POV?
by Gustomaximus 11y ago
Gates touted thorium molten salt reactors previously. Does anyone know if this is now a preferred technology staying with Uranium or a compromise from his POV?
Old Thorium article if you missed this from a couple years back: http://www.the-weinberg-foundation.org/2013/07/23/bill-gates-nuclear-company-explores-molten-salt-reactors-thorium/ http://www.the-weinberg-foundation.org/2013/07/23/bill-gates...
- DennisP 11y agoThat article says the traveling-wave fast reactor was still their main effort. Other companies are working on molten salt designs, including Flibe, Terrestrial Energy, ThorCon, Transatomic, Seaborg, and Moltex. These aren't necessarily thorium; molten salt reactors running uranium don't get the huge extension of fuel supply but they're simpler and more proliferation-resistant, and still have all the safety advantages.