Paul Scherer Institute is partnering with Copenhagen Atomics to test their new thorium based molten salt reactor in Würenlingen starting this year.
While most people have a very negative reaction to nuclear technology, we also know that we really need new non-fossil fuel based power plants. We've been waiting for fusion power for a very long time and it's still nowhere near ready.
I'm no expert on nuclear technology and the marketing makes it sound like it's not that dangerous.
So I'm interested in your opinion (but not your knee-jerk reaction): what do you think?
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klettermaxe
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Thorium remains me the norvegian tv show :Occupied.
I think it can be a solution while waiting for fusion.
Nice that research is happening here. From videos I’ve seen of the nuclear waste processing facility here, it appears standards and competence are high.
Thorium reactors would be a nice and save fission technology with an abundance of fuel. But I think it’s too late for this to be useful.
Solar energy is exponential for 50 years, doubling every 2-3 years. We are only a a couple of doublings away from covering the global energy needs.
No one is apparently seeing this coming, but I think it will kinda make everything else obsolete. Because of overproduction even cheap inefficient batteries will be competitive with conventional power plants.
There is simply no way nuclear can compete anymore.
I found this funny:
Why is the experiment not being conducted in Denmark?
In Denmark, there is no legal framework for the operation of nuclear facilities, i.e. no competent licensing and supervisory authority that could independently review and approve the construction and operation of such a test facility.
Good, we need more research and people with know how regarding nuclear energy.
The past 30 years of anti nuclear hysteria have decimated the industry, research and workforce.