This Nuclear Reactor Runs on Thorium and Could Be Cheaper Than Coal?

Описание: Copenhagen Atomics are building what they believe will be the world’s first commercial thorium reactor. A few months back I flew out to Denmark and sat down with their CEO Thomas Jam Pedersen and CTO Aslak Stubsgaard, who walked me through the labs and explained how they’re planning to move thorium from the drawing board to the grid.

Thanks so much to the whole team at Copenhagen Atomics for making me so welcome, check them out here: https://copenhagenatomics.com/

Also, apologies for some of the shaky camera work. A Steadicam is currently number one on the Dr Ben Miles team wish list!

Sources
Salt purity and 316L stainless steel corrosion (University of Liverpool and Copenhagen Atomics, Journal of Nuclear Materials): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Status of Materials Development for Molten Salt Reactors, H. E. McCoy (ORNL/TM-5920, 1978): https://media.githubusercontent.com/m...
Materials Development for Molten-Salt Breeder Reactors, H. E. McCoy and J. R. Weir (ORNL-TM-1854, 1967): https://media.githubusercontent.com/m...
Thorium Fuel Cycle: Potential Benefits and Challenges (IAEA-TECDOC-1450): https://www.iaea.org/publications/7192

Chapters
0:00 Why Is No Nuclear Plant Using Thorium?
1:56 How Thorium Breeds Uranium-233 Fuel
5:14 Inside Copenhagen Atomics’ Molten Salt Reactor
12:03 Molten Salt Corrosion: Can Stainless Steel Survive?
17:49 Why Thorium Reactors Need Lithium-7
21:58 Reactor Cost, Safety and Nuclear Waste
26:49 Denmark’s Nuclear Ban and the First Test Reactor

#science #thorium #nuclearpower #moltensalt



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