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Anyone know if this is a thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor? If so, why is the now quite well-known MSR advocate Kirk Sorensen not involved in this project, but
by drucken 15y ago
Anyone know if this is a thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor?
If so, why is the now quite well-known MSR advocate Kirk Sorensen not involved in this project, but instead started his own company (Flibe Energy) to design and produce a thorium MSR?
Still, I have a feeling that two US private startups is no match vs Chinese government MSR let alone other nuclear energy technology spending.
- RandallBrown 15y agoI think this has to do with using nuclear waste from currently running reactors to generate electricity. (If thorium is part of that waste and you already knew that sorry)
- drucken 15y agoThorium MSRs process nuclear waste from current production reactors too. Sorry, I assumed people reading about this article new that.