/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4224124
But we have materials that can handle the salt (Hastalloy-N and graphite). And not much of that material is required, since it operates at low pressure.

On the other hand, standard water-cooled reactors make the other tradeoff: normal steel and concrete, but built extremely robust to handle the high pressure and threat of containment breach (i.e. pressure explosion).

Honestly, if we were starting from scratch, and both technologies were being evaluated today, the LFTR would be the obvious choice to develop, since the fuel is cheaper and the fuel cycle is magnitudes more efficient. We only went the other way because we needed the plutonium for the cold war and we didn't think nuclear waste disposal would be such a tough problem 40 years later.

What's the word on the LFTR?

>>3929373
Thanks and a free internet to whoever split the article! The time is ripe, now that there are multiple groups and countries investigating the technology.

We just had an "ask-an-EE" anything thread in /b/, which revealed he was working on an LFTR test project in the UK! Anyone else hear any rumors about this?

>>3463043

1: USA is in no way the most leading country when it comes to nuclear energy, and have quite a lot of old and shitty nuclear power plants
2: USA's economy is already fucked, so no money to build new ones or restore old ones.

I am so happy to live in a country with no nuclear power plants, though I'd be more than happy to see thorium reactors pop up here.

that is all

>>3130993
I know.

Can somebody please explain to me in relatively simple terms how a LFTR (Liquid-Fluoride Thorium Reactor) works. I have watched all the video and I understand all the apparent advantages of them but I don't really understand the process. Many thanks.

Hey /sci/ducks, quick question. How can I tell if I fractured my collarbone, or just have a super extended muscle?

Pic not related, but I'm all for it.

Sup /sci/bitches?!?! I'm drunk as fuck and doing a synopsis of The Elegant Universe! What are your opinions on this book? Have you even bothered fucking reading it? I bet not since half of you are poser fags anyways! Anyways, I'm doing a synopsis and laying it out in layman's terms for my retarded ass friends who want to actually comprehend our universe. Would ya'll read it if I finished?
Pic unfawking related but i'm all for it.

>>3053596
>>3053600
Yaaaaaaay rolling out the Thorium parade

>>3049280
Sent a few links already, will do. Thinking of putting up my website again and writing lengthy articles on those things and others that I have researched that interested me.

viva la revolution!