The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)

Why it was recommended

Kirk Sorensen has been a major advocate of molten-salt reactors and gave a great Google tech talk on the subject.

Strong recommendationDifwif · Original2015-06

What it covers

Kirk Sorensen's Google Tech Talk on thorium molten-salt reactors (LFTR). He covers why the technology was shelved after early development and argues that now is the right time to revisit it. It is for someone meeting the subject for the first time.

Video details

Channel

Google TechTalks

Length

36 min 2 sec

Year

2011

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