Thanks for this, @Spacedog79.

I've been very interested in Thorium reactors for a few years.

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Another interesting video on Thorium.
http://videosift.com/video/Liquid-Fluoride-Thorium-Reactor-Google-Tech-Talk-Remix

Many of the discussions from the thorium guys revolved around "why... why... why..." There was one mention near the end about needing a few people to get involved in the Thorium energy process for it to happen (via social media). But there's no mention of the issue of political corruption/lobbyists which is the real cause of the problem and why fossil fuels, weaponry related technologies continue to dominate. They touch on it I guess, when they talk about Nixon firing the guy who ran the successful throium reactor for 6 years, but they could have gone further.

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"Finally, a decent film about Thorium power and molten salt reactors."

You said it brother.

It's a bit yay-America/feel-good. It doesn't really answer the question of how and why not? If it's so good, why doesn't anyone do it? You don't need government support to deploy a small power station (although in the US, where almost all energy generation is subsidized). A decent-sized coal-power company could roll out a small test station, develop the tech further, patent the design and duplicate. Yet they don't. Hmmm.

I thought Thorium was only in WoW...that shit exists?!

they don't do it because you have to work w/ molten salt dissolved in fluorine.
not cheap.

Upvote for anything about aging nuclear power plants. Those plants are just going to break down before they hit 60 years old

Its a fluoride salt, which isn't particularly expensive but it IS corrosive. Research is ongoing in to materials that will handle it for a full 30+ year lifetime, it is certainly not a dealbreaker.
>> ^marinara:

they don't do it because you have to work w/ molten salt dissolved in fluorine.
not cheap.
Upvote for anything about aging nuclear power plants. Those plants are just going to break down before they hit 60 years old

Thanks for sifting this. I'd never really heard about this until now.

Now I'ma go get myself edjamuhcated on the subject!

I am continually amazed by how few people know about this. It really could provide cheap, clean, effectively limitless power for millions of years. I've met perhaps a handful of people who knew anything about it, and I've been raving about it for 2 years now.

I have actually started doing talks on it here in the UK including a couple at the London Occupation to try and raise some awareness. Word is slowly starting to spread, it just needs lots more people talking about it.

>> ^soulmonarch:

Thanks for sifting this. I'd never really heard about this until now.
Now I'ma go get myself edjamuhcated on the subject!