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The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be

Google TechTalks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Nuclear power & fusion

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2014

What HN commenters said

  1. “Brilliant fairly technical presentation on Thorium.”

    Technical presentation that convinced the commenter on thorium.

    everyone, 2014-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire”

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Topics: thorium, lftr, molten salt reactor, nuclear energy, google tech talk

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