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Thoughts on LFTR? The presentation that made the rounds many years ago made it seem like it was a solved problem (1965!). That made me rethink the value of nucl
by pstuart 4y ago
Thoughts on LFTR? The presentation that made the rounds many years ago made it seem like it was a solved problem (1965!). That made me rethink the value of nuclear and I'm curious if it's legit.
- philipkglass 4y agoHe has written a few pages about thorium and molten salt reactors: https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html https://whatisnuclear.com/msr.html https://whatisnuclear.com/msr.html https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium-myths.html
- acidburnNSA 4y agoThe thorium molten salt breeder reactor idea is interesting, but not a major game changer at this time, in my opinion. See details I wrote in links from the other comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33041985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33041985
- pfdietz 4y agoIt doesn't solve the problems that are actually holding back nuclear.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoYeah, that's a succinct summary that I do agree with, thanks.