The Best Nuclear Reactor: Light Water VS Molten Salt

If Thorium is so great why haven’t we used it before? Is there a better and safer way to tap fission? If so how close are we to achieving our clean energy future? Today we get the answer.

We discuss:

-The best nuclear reactor to utilize Thorium
-Light water reactors: the history, development, benefits, and drawbacks of it.
-Why light water reactors are still the standard despite better options available
-Light water reactor vs molten salt reactor
-Roadblocks in building and implementing molten salt reactors (spoilers: government regulations)
-Recent developments and the future of molten salt reactor development.

0:00 Intro
1:04 Thorium and the Molten Salt Reactor
1:40 Nuclear Energy in the United States/History of Light Water Reactors
3:31 How does a light water reactor work?
7:50 How does a Molten Salt Reactor work?
10:33 Status of Molten Salt Reactors around the world
11:45 Private Companies working with MSR - Flibe, Thorcon
13:41 Breeder Reactors/LFTR

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