Thorium Molten Salt Reactors: A Game-Changer for Energy

Could a handful of sand be the future of energy? Join Copenhagen Atomics as we delve into a game-changer for energy, harnessing the power of Thorium with our innovative Molten Salt Reactor. This journey is not just about exploring nuclear power; it's about pioneering a shift towards sustainable, renewable, and clean energy technology. Discover how thorium reactors are at the heart of this shift, offering a blueprint for energy independence and the future of energy. With just a small amount of sand, we're reimagining what's possible, leading the way to a sustainable and energy-independent world.
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[@bryanst.martin7134]

Thorium can be 95% efficient. Uranium reactors are at best 7% efficient, leaving the rest as waste. Thorium can consume waste Uranium. Thorium byproducts are valuable. Overcoming the corrosiveness is the trick.

[@MrGottaQuestion]

Supposedly Copenhagen atomics can make ultra-pure salt which largely eliminates the corrosion issue. And yes, molten salt reactors like this one can be used to burn up nuclear waste. Actually part of the idea is to breed u233 from thorium using neutrons gained from burning up nuclear waste.

[@chapter4travels]

That's thorium in a breeder reactor, uranium in a breeder reactor has all the same qualities, and we have thousands of years worth already mined and refined ready to use.

[@bryanst.martin7134]

@@chapter4travels How refined is it if 90% is waste?

[@MrGottaQuestion]

@@bryanst.martin7134 nuclear "waste" is about 1% or less fission products (about half of uranium atomic number, give or take). These have split and are very radioactive because they have too many neutrons to be such a small nucleus. This ratio is off. Highly unstable means short half life. The test is unused fuel, either fissile or fertile (absorbs a neutron to become fissile, then another neutron to split). It's not isotopically refined but chemically refined, as in no longer part of the crust. It's been isolated and purified, so no new mining is needed.

[@chapter4travels]

@@bryanst.martin7134 We have stock piles of U238 that came from the cold war bomb making era. All ready to go. Also what you are calling waste is 90% U238 just waiting for a breeder reactor as well. We won't need thorium for a VERY long time.

[@ericderbez2599]

Please state the units carefully. 1.5 GW Hours, 1.5GWDays? We are talking energy not energy per second.

[@MrGottaQuestion]

I thought the same thing, but then thought that the rate of cascading sand is what the power is referring to.

[@mbican]

It's real time power given the flow of sand

[@TheMastaRob]

No, they are talking energy per second, thats the point of the "sand" flowing through the hourglass, it is a flow. If they wanted to make a point about absolute energy released, they would e.g. show a ball of thorium and say something like "this could power Paris for a day".

[@fajartimo]

Indonesia.... thanks to Copenhagen atomic 🎉🎉🎉

[@raymondwijaya4869]

Hah? Maksud apa bawa indonesia?

[@yooper8778]

Bravo Thomas Jam

[@DigitalDuelist]

How can I invest?

[@TheMastaRob]

Test reactor still aiming for late 2025?? Give updates please :)

[@CopenhagenAtomics]

Somewhat, late 2025 or in 2026.

[@ristube3319]

Almost enough to activate your Flux Capacitor!

[@litoola4981]

But China already has an operational Thorium Reactor. How can Copenhagen be the first on 2028?

[@pranavgandhar4604]

India - thats my beach

[@Version6389]

If we can produce power just by vibrations we be good

[@CopenhagenAtomics]

We encourage you to start a company doing that! We need a lot of different energy sources in the future if we wish to transition away from fossil fuels.

[@MrGottaQuestion]

Like the "vibrating" colors that result in different rearrangements of up and down quarks causing nuclear reactions ....kinda like a thorium reactor 😅

[@quandaledingle2107]

Imagine if we can harness the earthquakes vibration

[@jonathangratus233]

So what. Nuclear energy is concentrated. It only took 1kg to destroy a city.

[@Justwatchpro]

@Tesla needs to get on this

[@alfredoyelisa]

Let's go

[@rRobertSmith]

There is not enough specialty metal welders in the world to make even 1/10 of the reactors they need, and judging by the wiring harness I just saw probably gonna need about 1/2 the electricians retiring from the USNavy for a few years. Thorium salt reactors might be a solution looking for a problem but in the real world we will need special pipe and welders to make them.

[@zelousfoxtrot3390]

There are lots of people who want jobs. Just need to match teachers, training materials, and people who want to be employed. and Bam! no problems here. Or wait 10 years and let the AI and robots do it.

[@MrGottaQuestion]

Imagine having a robot welder in a factory mass producing parts. Sci Fi right? Straight out of 1970s car companies, and last I checked cars are cheaper than reactors, so the money for r&d and implementation would be there with the first orders.

[@feedmewifi_477]

based

[@obsoleteoptics]

B.S.