Nice Job! I totally understand the concept of building small items so as to "play with it" in order to understand how things work...So i modeled a bunch of items from the ORNL-4528 report and while it was only virtual, it still helped me understand what was going on...
LIBS technology is incredibly vital and is the true hero of this story more than any specific point of difference Copenhagen Atomics brings to the table with their Waste Burner/ Flame reactor design. Well done to Thomas Jam Pedersen for assembling such a team of brilliant minds looking for solutions to technical problems that ORNL never strongly explored in their MSRE program.
The question that some people ask like me, is what is the resistance of all construction and thermal transfer materials to the chemical corrosion of salt at very high temperature (700°) over a very long period of time (7 or 8 years)? Is that not the main difficulty for an operational MSR? Do you have some clues and certainty regarding this major question? Thank you for your answer.
Can a gold layer survive the inside of the reactor? Seems like it would do a lot for the corrosion concerns. Gold is pretty cheap all things considered, especially if the loop is quite small.
would you be able to do a video on the corrosion issues of pipes ect, seems to be one of the biggest issues molten salt seems to have, that detractors like to point out. But least this videos shows one of the components working
Specifically, it is oxygen contamination. And to a lesser degree, tritium generation and subsequent hydrogen embrittlement but that is much less of an issue than oxygen. Which is why FNaZrK or low lithium content salts like FLiNaK are of such interest. FLiBe is probably going to have problems with beryllium control and toxicity but with 2 tritium generating salt components a reactor using FLiBe does need to have some method to getter all that tritium. Avoiding the operational complications of beryllium is more than worth the neutronic and melting point penalty. And if melting point is an issue, just add rubidium.
Impressive talk as always, And Great vision. Imagine all the profits made from thoruim invested in Copenhagenatomic's own Fusion Energy research, There is also the question of how this can be used for space travel.
Ved 1 minut er der en graf med engelsk tekst, hvor det fremgår, at "Island" har det højeste energiforbrug per indbygger. Er der tale om en bestemt ø her?
Wonderful job, Gordon! It really succeeds in catching the essence of that afternoon: enthusiasm! For those wanting to read a report of the whole afternoon, here it is: articles.thmsr.nl/lumos-lasers-and-red-hot-flinak-1fefde23b016
Somewhat related, Myriam Tonelotto's documentary, "Thorium: The Far Side of Nuclear Power", is again available. Link below. www.arte.tv/en/videos/050775-000-A/thorium-the-far-side-of-nuclear-power/ Very good, I even learned something new (had previously been unaware of China's efforts back in the 60's and 70's). Just wish there was an option to completely turn off dubbing. Hearing someone start talking in English, which is then overlayed by dubbed French or German, and then finally followed by English subtitles (which don't always match what was said in English), can get a little disorienting. In the same vein as trying to talk while listening to yourself with a one second delay.
Looking back at the early presentations by Thomas Jam, he's been consistent with zero sugarcoating.
Nice Job! I totally understand the concept of building small items so as to "play with it" in order to understand how things work...So i modeled a bunch of items from the ORNL-4528 report and while it was only virtual, it still helped me understand what was going on...
LIBS technology is incredibly vital and is the true hero of this story more than any specific point of difference Copenhagen Atomics brings to the table with their Waste Burner/ Flame reactor design. Well done to Thomas Jam Pedersen for assembling such a team of brilliant minds looking for solutions to technical problems that ORNL never strongly explored in their MSRE program.
The question that some people ask like me, is what is the resistance of all construction and thermal transfer materials to the chemical corrosion of salt at very high temperature (700°) over a very long period of time (7 or 8 years)? Is that not the main difficulty for an operational MSR? Do you have some clues and certainty regarding this major question? Thank you for your answer.
Can a gold layer survive the inside of the reactor? Seems like it would do a lot for the corrosion concerns. Gold is pretty cheap all things considered, especially if the loop is quite small.
would you be able to do a video on the corrosion issues of pipes ect, seems to be one of the biggest issues molten salt seems to have, that detractors like to point out. But least this videos shows one of the components working
Specifically, it is oxygen contamination. And to a lesser degree, tritium generation and subsequent hydrogen embrittlement but that is much less of an issue than oxygen. Which is why FNaZrK or low lithium content salts like FLiNaK are of such interest. FLiBe is probably going to have problems with beryllium control and toxicity but with 2 tritium generating salt components a reactor using FLiBe does need to have some method to getter all that tritium. Avoiding the operational complications of beryllium is more than worth the neutronic and melting point penalty. And if melting point is an issue, just add rubidium.
Good stuff.
Let's scale up this work
Impressive talk as always, And Great vision. Imagine all the profits made from thoruim invested in Copenhagenatomic's own Fusion Energy research, There is also the question of how this can be used for space travel.
could you not use a rough vacuum pump to move the liquid salt from one container to the other?
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you would use pressurized gas
Ved 1 minut er der en graf med engelsk tekst, hvor det fremgår, at "Island" har det højeste energiforbrug per indbygger. Er der tale om en bestemt ø her?
i want a thorium reaktor i DK
Wonderful job, Gordon! It really succeeds in catching the essence of that afternoon: enthusiasm!
For those wanting to read a report of the whole afternoon, here it is:
articles.thmsr.nl/lumos-lasers-and-red-hot-flinak-1fefde23b016
Welcome to Europe Gordon!
Hvor er vi nu?
Godt gået drenge!
Somewhat related, Myriam Tonelotto's documentary, "Thorium: The Far Side of Nuclear Power", is again available. Link below.
www.arte.tv/en/videos/050775-000-A/thorium-the-far-side-of-nuclear-power/
Very good, I even learned something new (had previously been unaware of China's efforts back in the 60's and 70's). Just wish there was an option to completely turn off dubbing. Hearing someone start talking in English, which is then overlayed by dubbed French or German, and then finally followed by English subtitles (which don't always match what was said in English), can get a little disorienting. In the same vein as trying to talk while listening to yourself with a one second delay.
You need to donate 3 basic test loops to 3 different universities in order to "chum the water."
Don't leave tools in handbags, check them.
Come on us ferri shampoo too clean the metal