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The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be

Name: The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be
Description: A 2008 Google Tech Talk making the case for the liquid fluoride thorium reactor as an abundant, safe source of electrical power. It covers the technical motivations and design of thorium molten-salt reactors.

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1 HN user recommended this talk1 month2011–2014 score 1.5

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN people link it as the original, technically solid presentation on thorium reactors whenever the topic comes up.

A 2008 Google Tech Talk making the case for the liquid fluoride thorium reactor as an abundant, safe source of electrical power. It covers the technical motivations and design of thorium molten-salt reactors.

“Brilliant fairly technical presentation on Thorium.” (HN, 2014)

1 strong recommendations · 2 citations · Talks · intermediate

Nuclear power & fusion Talks Earth, Energy & Environment

3 Hacker News comments

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@everyone Apr 2014 Strongly recommends

on HN thread Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire

Brilliant fairly technical presentation on Thorium. [this video] This more or less sold me on the idea years ago.

Technical presentation that convinced the commenter on thorium.

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@tambourine_man Feb 2011 Cites it

on HN thread TerraPower and Bill Gates Have a Radical Vision For the Reactors of Tomorrow

How does that compare to thorium based reactors? The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be [this video]

Google tech talk on the liquid fluoride thorium reactor.

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@moreati Jul 2011 Cites it

on HN thread Thorium nuclear reactors: a possible solution of the energy crisis? (video)

Here are the original videos: The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be [this video] Aim High: Using Thorium Energy to Address Environmental Problems [link] Lessons for the Liquid-Fluoride Thorium Reactor (from history) [link]

Original talk on thorium reactors.

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