Oakridge National Labs had a reactor working for years back during Nixon. The biggest challenge we have is regulation and fear a reactor was running for 5 years and they had a runaway. The reactor over heated at one point and as the density of the fuel reduced the overheat stabilized and the reactor was self throttling. The breeding blanket serves as the shielding absorbing all the neutrona.
I think it was Popular Science that ran a story about Thorium reactors back in the seventies or early eighties. I believe the main problem they figured, was that they didn't think the valves and pumps etc would not last long in that environment.
I'm not so sure the definitive way to cure cancer involves radioisotopes because they kill cancer cells if well targeted but do also damage and induce cancer in healthy cells nearby. Antibodies without radioactive isotopes are more promising generally speaking imho.
In the same way that the OIL companies have changed their names to “Energy” companies, so the “N” word needs to be removed from the description. Of Fission, Molten Salt and Fusion Power generators. Perhaps then the politicians might be more willing to accept these technologies as having a central role in mankind’s future. As a Brit I am not that keen on the alternatives, if it means covering half the country in wind farms or 25% of the landmass in solar panels to get the energy we need.
Keeps on referring to it as a liquid - no it is molten thorium salt - very hard on valves and pumps etc. And if it ever fails then now you have solidified thorium salt in all the piping - scrap one $10 billion dollar reactor .... which is better than a melt down.
Laymen (like me) don't understand the technology. We have heard promises before. Remember the "too cheap to meter" promise? Technology failure is something we have gotten used to. What will get our attention is when the Dept. of Energy gives approval and some corporation or the government puts out the funding to build an actual commercially viable LFTR.
It was. It was cheaper than coal. lol. Then the NRC and Hippies came along and regulated it into oblivion. FYI, all of these "new" designs people are talking about have already been tested by the US and work. The US tested over 50 designs. What's missing is the support to really get it going.
I just made the same comment. And how is the mic picking it up that far away. It’s almost like there’s another open mic somewhere that’s being recorded. Anyone able to make out what they’re saying?
Raising people out of poverty is an extremely noble thought. However, the powers that be have no moral compass and KEEPING people in poverty is very much in their interest. Over the last fifteen years people have been talking about thorium technology but to date there is not one single such reactor. WHY??
Desalination of sea water using edison'generators and dynamos easily provides inexpensive fresh water. The magnets in the generator move the coils through the magnetic field. It is very easy to produce edison generators inverters and transformers that do not use PCB transformer oil or fuels. Tesla bound Edison's generator with magnets and created hydroelectric power. The PUC was formed to assure these less expensive powerplants were used to electrify rural areas. They were not able to impact Government Hydroelectric power plants.
Safe nuclear has been here but the ruling class and investors have freaked out and staying away from zero emissions green renewable energy to save the environment. Thanks.
We have to build Edison generator and dynamo power plants with inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power. These are continuous peak power high voltage AC power plants that don't use fuel steam wind or water to turn the armature magnets of the generators. These power plants have not been built after hydroelectric power plants. They were expected by the public utilities commission but never required. The PUC was created to assume that the less expensive power plants were built and operated but propaganda control prevents the use of these inexpensive power plants and light weight power sources. We are grossly misinformed about power generation and the danger of nuclear technology halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon. The survival Treaties instituted by scientists and ratified by Congress need to be enforced correctly to the purpose of their ratification.
For a generation the nuclear industry has hyped their technology and still not a single watt of price competitive energy. Special interest which has benefited from the hype still make unrealistic and expensive pseudo solution. So now the radioactive materials of nuclear reactors are being compared to bananas which is a clear industry of a vested interest which has gone bananas. This is in the comtext of multiple issues which have not been resolved. Nice for the vestged interest yes good for society yes if you want very very expensive electricity and the unresolved issues of that technologies which have not be resolved for a generation. Energy too cheap to meter propaganda too wild to be believed.
in case you haven't noticed, Nuclear Energy is still a minor contributor of power, if it were a Major Contributor of power, maybe it'd WORK like you say it should, I think you should blame those expensive to maintain solar and wind farms
The covers were pulled off of the Nuclear waste issue shortly after the Fukushima accident. The experimental water treatment system failed and they were forced to dump all the radioactive wastewater into the ocean. They are currently suing France for a faulty system. They are still dumping it in the ocean. We have not found a way to solve this issue. Every system to break down the solid waste has failed miserably, causing fires and an end product that is harder to store. We still have not been able to design and build a storage system that will not end in disaster in 100 years. Please find another hobby that will not destroy future generations.
Do you actually know how concentrated the waste water is? Do you know why they’re allowed to get away with dumping it? Because the concentration of radioactive contaminants in that water is so low it isn’t dangerous. The water releases meet global nuclear safety standards. The contaminants mainly consist of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is generated naturally in the upper atmosphere by sunlight and is only mildly radioactive. The concentration of tritium in the water storage tanks is much lower than a dangerous dose to humans. On top of that, the water is filtered and diluted before it is released so the concentration is even lower. Once it reaches the ocean the concentration drops further still as it is diluted by ocean water. It should be noted that at this point the radioactivity of the released water is lower than natural levels in the Pacific Ocean. This is not a problem that needs solving. It is not dangerous. It is not harming marine life in any way. The only problem surrounding this is the negative portrayal in the media and the ignorance driven irrational fear of all things nuclear without a concern for the facts and figures. The whole damn planet is radioactive. You are radioactive. What’s important is the level, the concentration. It takes very high levels of radiation to cause health risks and that’s just not what we’re dealing with here. As for storing high level waste, the only reason we don’t have an operational storage facility yet is because of political and public pushback, not technical difficulties. However there is already the Onkalo deep geological repository in Finland which is expected to be operational by next year, and there are companies offering small scale solutions for storing the waste in deep boreholes directly below the plant. When high level waste is treated and stored in dry casks on site it is so inert and stable that the casks can be hit by a freight train and not leak. They are 100% safe. All you have to do to dispose of this waste is dig a big hole, fill it with casks and backfill the whole thing with clay and concrete. Once this is done it’s no more dangerous than natural deposits of uranium ore, or even less so. I encourage you to do more research, into both sides of the story. Look for information on waste and storage solutions, then look for counter points to what you find, and I’ll trust you can make up your own mind at that point, but what you find might surprise you.
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Oakridge National Labs had a reactor working for years back during Nixon. The biggest challenge we have is regulation and fear a reactor was running for 5 years and they had a runaway. The reactor over heated at one point and as the density of the fuel reduced the overheat stabilized and the reactor was self throttling. The breeding blanket serves as the shielding absorbing all the neutrona.
The title should be changed. It’s not very grabbing, but the presentation is excellent!!
I love this kind of stuff.
Only 224 people have seen this video and there are no comments. What is going on?
I think it was Popular Science that ran a story about Thorium reactors back in the seventies or early eighties. I believe the main problem they figured, was that they didn't think the valves and pumps etc would not last long in that environment.
Who’s whispering and how is his mic picking it up that far away? It’s almost like there’s an open mic somewhere else.
Probably someone backstage they forgot to turn off their mic
I'm not so sure the definitive way to cure cancer involves radioisotopes because they kill cancer cells if well targeted but do also damage and induce cancer in healthy cells nearby. Antibodies without radioactive isotopes are more promising generally speaking imho.
In the same way that the OIL companies have changed their names to “Energy” companies, so the “N” word needs to be removed from the description. Of Fission, Molten Salt and Fusion Power generators. Perhaps then the politicians might be more willing to accept these technologies as having a central role in mankind’s future. As a Brit I am not that keen on the alternatives, if it means covering half the country in wind farms or 25% of the landmass in solar panels to get the energy we need.
Keeps on referring to it as a liquid - no it is molten thorium salt - very hard on valves and pumps etc. And if it ever fails then now you have solidified thorium salt in all the piping - scrap one $10 billion dollar reactor .... which is better than a melt down.
Laymen (like me) don't understand the technology. We have heard promises before. Remember the "too cheap to meter" promise? Technology failure is something we have gotten used to. What will get our attention is when the Dept. of Energy gives approval and some corporation or the government puts out the funding to build an actual commercially viable LFTR.
It was. It was cheaper than coal. lol. Then the NRC and Hippies came along and regulated it into oblivion.
FYI, all of these "new" designs people are talking about have already been tested by the US and work. The US tested over 50 designs. What's missing is the support to really get it going.
Love Lftr
Who is that whispering in the background?
Seriously.
Thought I was going crazy, very creepy
I just made the same comment. And how is the mic picking it up that far away. It’s almost like there’s another open mic somewhere that’s being recorded. Anyone able to make out what they’re saying?
Liquid fuel is the way to go. Liquid fission, all you need are a pot, some pipe and a pump.
Liquid, in this case , means molten thorium salt, and that is very hard on pumps, and valves etc. They recognized this in the eighties.
What was the girl whispering at 1:20?
Raising people out of poverty is an extremely noble thought. However, the powers that be have no moral compass and KEEPING people in poverty is very much in their interest. Over the last fifteen years people have been talking about thorium technology but to date there is not one single such reactor. WHY??
Nuclear for dummies will set you straight.
Desalination of sea water using edison'generators and dynamos easily provides inexpensive fresh water. The magnets in the generator move the coils through the magnetic field. It is very easy to produce edison generators inverters and transformers that do not use PCB transformer oil or fuels. Tesla bound Edison's generator with magnets and created hydroelectric power. The PUC was formed to assure these less expensive powerplants were used to electrify rural areas. They were not able to impact Government Hydroelectric power plants.
Please do more research - don't believe in fantastical energy sources.
I've just checked by refreshing. The comments section works! No one is interested in this stuff out of 7.5 billion people!
We fear what happened to Japan, not nuclear power in America
Safe nuclear has been here but the ruling class and investors have freaked out and staying away from zero emissions green renewable energy to save the environment.
Thanks.
We have to build Edison generator and dynamo power plants with inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power. These are continuous peak power high voltage AC power plants that don't use fuel steam wind or water to turn the armature magnets of the generators. These power plants have not been built after hydroelectric power plants. They were expected by the public utilities commission but never required. The PUC was created to assume that the less expensive power plants were built and operated but propaganda control prevents the use of these inexpensive power plants and light weight power sources. We are grossly misinformed about power generation and the danger of nuclear technology halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon. The survival Treaties instituted by scientists and ratified by Congress need to be enforced correctly to the purpose of their ratification.
The whispering in the video is very annoying.
For a generation the nuclear industry has hyped their technology and still not a single watt of price competitive energy. Special interest which has benefited from the hype still make unrealistic and expensive pseudo solution. So now the radioactive materials of nuclear reactors are being compared to bananas which is a clear industry of a vested interest which has gone bananas. This is in the comtext of multiple issues which have not been resolved.
Nice for the vestged interest yes good for society yes if you want very very expensive electricity and the unresolved issues of that technologies which have not be resolved for a generation.
Energy too cheap to meter propaganda too wild to be believed.
in case you haven't noticed, Nuclear Energy is still a minor contributor of power, if it were a Major Contributor of power, maybe it'd WORK like you say it should, I think you should blame those expensive to maintain solar and wind farms
The covers were pulled off of the Nuclear waste issue shortly after the Fukushima accident. The experimental water treatment system failed and they were forced to dump all the radioactive wastewater into the ocean. They are currently suing France for a faulty system. They are still dumping it in the ocean. We have not found a way to solve this issue.
Every system to break down the solid waste has failed miserably, causing fires and an end product that is harder to store. We still have not been able to design and build a storage system that will not end in disaster in 100 years. Please find another hobby that will not destroy future generations.
Anytime someone uses "experimental" to describe something that is clearly not an experiment loses all credibility.
Do you actually know how concentrated the waste water is? Do you know why they’re allowed to get away with dumping it? Because the concentration of radioactive contaminants in that water is so low it isn’t dangerous. The water releases meet global nuclear safety standards. The contaminants mainly consist of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is generated naturally in the upper atmosphere by sunlight and is only mildly radioactive. The concentration of tritium in the water storage tanks is much lower than a dangerous dose to humans. On top of that, the water is filtered and diluted before it is released so the concentration is even lower. Once it reaches the ocean the concentration drops further still as it is diluted by ocean water. It should be noted that at this point the radioactivity of the released water is lower than natural levels in the Pacific Ocean. This is not a problem that needs solving. It is not dangerous. It is not harming marine life in any way. The only problem surrounding this is the negative portrayal in the media and the ignorance driven irrational fear of all things nuclear without a concern for the facts and figures. The whole damn planet is radioactive. You are radioactive. What’s important is the level, the concentration. It takes very high levels of radiation to cause health risks and that’s just not what we’re dealing with here.
As for storing high level waste, the only reason we don’t have an operational storage facility yet is because of political and public pushback, not technical difficulties. However there is already the Onkalo deep geological repository in Finland which is expected to be operational by next year, and there are companies offering small scale solutions for storing the waste in deep boreholes directly below the plant.
When high level waste is treated and stored in dry casks on site it is so inert and stable that the casks can be hit by a freight train and not leak. They are 100% safe. All you have to do to dispose of this waste is dig a big hole, fill it with casks and backfill the whole thing with clay and concrete. Once this is done it’s no more dangerous than natural deposits of uranium ore, or even less so.
I encourage you to do more research, into both sides of the story. Look for information on waste and storage solutions, then look for counter points to what you find, and I’ll trust you can make up your own mind at that point, but what you find might surprise you.