Nuclear expert explains the secret to Thorium energy (short version)

[@happyman999]

any possibility to invest pre-IPO into these companies? Would be grateful for your thoughts.

[@andershansen4884]

Also, you can sign up for investing on Copenhagen Atomics homepage. But as far as I know they only contact you if you are interested in investing more than 100K Euro.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Germany need this portable power source big time. I hope they figure this out soon.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

They have to vote out the Greenies first.

[@SteenLarsen]

Really exciting what they are doing!

[@amciuam157]

Do you have stocks?

[@Ecusfug]

Hey, i think this is quite an interesting concept. What came up to my mind and sticks to it is: So the fuel in the 'Burning chamber' is directly the cooling fluid that transports the energy out of the onion core and to the heat exchanger. So was there a calculation made of how mutch liquid salt has to flow to transport these 100mw out of the onion core with the 1-300° temparature difference from in to out. Because for me i worked in the beznau power plant that has 300w electric and about 1gw termic so about 10 times and the cooling pipes where enormeus and had verry high flow rates. ....so i wonder, is that even possible with the small inlet of the onion core as its shown on the pictures of the prototype....?

[@MrRolnicek]

Yes, the pumps exist for that. There's a lot of heat in a salt at ~600°C. Still very impressive.

[@chapter4travels]

If I'm not mistaken, they have already tested this at these temperatures with a pump they invented and patented.

[@CopenhagenAtomics]

@chapter4travels That is correct.

[@stanmitchell3375]

I think they could build a bigger cylinder next time

[@YellowRambler]

It’s turning into a TMSR race with China in the lead, thanks to all the help from all those bureaucrats.

[@artsmith103]

Thorium Molten Salt Reactor for those trying to keep up: MSR, SMR, + TMSR.

[@dissaid]

Cool!

[@markdavis8888]

Thank you for your efforts to save our planet and our advance culture. I hope human evolution is ready.

[@rtqii]

If I understand this technology correctly, a molten salt mixture produces fission reactions in a SiC container. I suspect that nuclear radiation combined with the corrosive effects of the molten salt will cause burn throughs in the SiC. I think this may have actually happened somewhere already, but I am not an expert by any means.

[@chapter4travels]

I think that's the next big test. They have done all of the non-nuclear tests without issue but not with fuel. That's where the rubber hits the road.

[@stanmitchell3375]

Clean salt isn't corrosive

[@chapter4travels]

@@stanmitchell3375 It remains to be seen in a working reactor, that's the big question. Fingers crossed.

[@CopenhagenAtomics]

SiC is not for the FOAK reactor, it is for later versions. It has never been used as a reactor core before, and therefore it will take longer to test and validate. But SiC is very heat resistant, so it will not burn through at the temperatures we're operating with.

[@joeboudreault4351]

He explains nothing about nuclear, just a vague business plan. Useless report.

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[@CopenhagenAtomics]

Dr. Pautz is from the research insitute PSI in Switzerland, that Copenhagen Atomics is collaborating with to conduct the first ever critical experiment of a thorium molten salt reactor on European soil.

[@joeboudreault4351]

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