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The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)

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The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)

Kirk Sorensen's Google Tech Talk on thorium molten-salt reactors (LFTR). He covers why the technology was shelved after early development and argues that now is the right time to revisit it.

Recommended as the go-to pitch for liquid fluoride thorium reactors whenever nuclear power comes up.

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