Downsides of LFTRs
What are the Downsides of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors? There are some people who definitely would not want them, why?
What are the Downsides of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors? There are some people who definitely would not want them, why?
Solving Technical Challenges in Building a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor. Many were solved in the 1960s, building the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment. Others have been solved since then. We still need to make engineering decisions, and test materials.
How big a project will Manufacturing LFTRs be? Definitely much smaller than any other type of nuclear reactor we’ve built!
Economics of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors, including construction, fuel, and development. Lower total cost per GW-yr than coal.
Useful Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor Fission By-Products, incl. magnets for headphones and medical isotopes to cure cancer. Easy extract from LFTR, unlike from fuel rods.
More About Thorium, including how much we have, how much energy we can get from the thorium we have, and if it’s harmful.