Indonesia Considers Thorium Molten Salt Reactors

Power ^ | 05/01/2017 | Sonal Patel

[RC one]

Solar doesn't even come close to what a thorium liquid salt reactor can do. We have built one before. We have already researched, developed and proven this technology. We have 6,000 hours of continuous full power use that proves it is viable. We have abundant thorium reserves. Lemhi pass along the Idaho-Montana border is "one of the world's largest known high-quality thorium deposits". Why is India pursuing this and we aren't?

[Vaquero]

Not thorium but:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=21Ty3O0Vac4

[Steely Tom]

I guess someone listened to Kirk Sorensen.

[wally_bert]

See what entities are buying off who in DC and a good chance that the answer will appear.

The willfully and criminally blind in charge never run out of ways to disgust me.

[dljordan]

“Lemhi pass along the Idaho-Montana border is “one of the world’s largest known high-quality thorium deposits”. “

You mean it’s not been designated a national monument yet?

[wyowolf]

Because we are a nation run by idiots and self serving politicians and other assorted green idiots who have no real knowledge of energy or how to use it properly and energy/oil companies that have enough money to buy off the right people...

[RC one]

maybe. I think if we can piss away $500 million dollars to Solyndra, we can invest a little bit in thorium liquid salt reactors though.

[RC one]

or a global monument.

[wally_bert]

Not enough graft and corruption apparently.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I've got one even better...

Nuclear Waste: Fission Products & Transuranics from Thorium & Uranium - "Th" Documentary

Go to about 13:10 and wait for it. You can't miss it. Miss him, actually.

[RC one]

what’s really sad is that the company that’s developing the MSR for Indonesia is based out of Florida apparently. :{

[wally_bert]

Even sadder now that you mention it.

What would be even sadder is if that outfit was getting a subsidy check from gov-co to develop nuclear power overseas.

This country used to be the innovator and leader for the betterment of the rest of the world.

[RC one]

It looks like a strong team. I wish them well but I also wish they were building MSRs in America instead of Indonesia.

[Darteaus94025]

Is that George?

[GraceG]

[ Solar doesn’t even come close to what a thorium liquid salt reactor can do. We have built one before. We have already researched, developed and proven this technology. We have 6,000 hours of continuous full power use that proves it is viable. We have abundant thorium reserves. Lemhi pass along the Idaho-Montana border is “one of the world’s largest known high-quality thorium deposits”. Why is India pursuing this and we aren’t? ]

Because the Government’s Nuclear Reg commission’s close to Ties with GE. GE gotta maintain their monopoly on reprocessing fuel rods while they move jobs to china and pay ZERO in any taxes...

[GraceG]

[ I guess someone listened to Kirk Sorensen. ]

Big Government / Big corporate Welfare collusion has deafened us to new ( in this case almost 50 year old ) technologies

[GraceG]

[ It looks like a strong team. I wish them well but I also wish they were building MSRs in America instead of Indonesia. ]

To Quote Trump : “Boy are we Dumb” ( referring to bending over to china and other countries as our industry and innovation goes to hell )

[GraceG]

[ “Lemhi pass along the Idaho-Montana border is “one of the world’s largest known high-quality thorium deposits”. “

You mean it’s not been designated a national monument yet? ]

If Obama had know about it, it would have already been one, the idiot federalized a whole crap ton of useful land.

[GraceG]

Better to steal thousands of acres of land from ranchers and sell it to Chinese companies to build government subsidized solar farms that are an actual blight on the land, than it would be to build an actual energy solution on a few acres of land....

Well according to our corrupt government...

[KC_Lion]

Thorium is superior to Uranium in everyway.

Except one.

It is much less efficient when it comes to making weapons grade material.....