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Title: TEDxYYC - Kirk Sorensen - Thorium
Added: Apr 22, 2011
Author: TEDxTalks
Duration: 10:3
Description:
Kirk Sorensen discuss "Thorium" at TEDxYYC 2011.Kirk Sorensen is founder of Flibe Energy and is an advocate for nuclear energy based on thorium and liquid-fluoride fuels. For five years he has authored the blog "Energy from Thorium" and helped grow an online community of thousands who support a renewed effort to develop thorium as an energy source. He is a 1999 graduate of Georgia Tech in aerospace engineering and is also a graduate student in nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee. He has spoken publicly on thorium at the Manchester International Forum in 2009, at NASA's Green Energy Forum in 2008, and in several TechTalks at Google. He has been featured in Wired magazine, Machine Design magazine, the Economist, the UK Guardian and Telegraph newspapers, and on Russia Today.He also taught nuclear engineering at Tennessee Technological University as a guest lecturer. He is active in nonprofit advocacy organizations such as the Thorium Energy Alliance and the International Thorium Energy Organization. He is married and has four small children.About TEDx, x = independently organized eventIn the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.*(*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Youtube Comments: 506
revolutiongames2004 Says:
Apr 17, 2012 - It's far cheaper to use a proven solution over experimental models. The US is doing exactly what a business would do: it's minimizing its risk.
fireofenergy Says:
Apr 21, 2012 - People who are afraid of advanced nuclear technology should consider that driving multi ton projectiles can also cause one to die and convert hydrocarbons to XSCO2 exactly as was spewed by hyper volcanism millions of years ago which caused excess acidity of the oceans that grew cynobacteria that fowled the very air we breath, causing dieoffs similar to what will happen AGAIN because we are afraid of a nuclear reaction that can power planetary civilizations...LFTR!
chrizzly88 Says:
Apr 22, 2012 - Back in cold war times Thorium based reactors were shut down because they did no produce enough material for proliferation. Also LFTR reactors work with fluoride salts which are pretty much the most corrosive thing you can think of and there needs to be research for material that can even contain them long term. Also, due to low demand, Thorium is expensive right now. All these issues are manageable but there are significant forces against that (Oil, Coal lobbies etc.).
AogNubJoshh Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - The reason this hasn't been utilised is because the rich fuckers want to get richer, even though they already have plenty of money. If they're making millions on coal and oil, why would they ever change? They don't care about the environment.
Mellowman468 Says:
Apr 29, 2012 - the 1%, and Big Government would never allow this. Think of how much money Big Energy Corporations would lose when people begin designing independent forms of sustainable energy without any of their help!
holywar50 Says:
May 1, 2012 - Regulations mostly, and politics. We haven't built a new plant in this country in 45 years. We don't have nuclear expertise anymore.
holywar50 Says:
May 1, 2012 - Big government won't allow it, but they will do so because of enviromental pressures. The nuclear label is a death sentence, and the regulations demanded by liberals to prevent abuse by the nuclear industry dooms any better nuclear process before it can be developed.
DrunkyMcSwervencrash Says:
May 4, 2012 - Conspiracy theory much? GE stands to profit from LFTR as much as anything else.
uzza2 Says:
May 5, 2012 - Check out watch?v=bbyr7jZOllI for an explanation of why it didn't happen.
bumpstart21 Says:
May 5, 2012 - Not really. They have a sweet deal designing and manufacturing fuel rods and components. LFTR does not use fuel rods. The only way GE will make money is building the plants but since they are not yet commercialised they would have to spend big to make it happen. Unless Uncle Sam leads the way like they did with the current plants. On the other hand, Japan has now shutdown ALL reactors so perhaps GE will... see the light :)
4thAugust1932 Says:
May 6, 2012 - The ratio of plutonium needed to seed and convert thorium into fissionable uranium-233 is very high (8:10)
Hilariousity Says:
May 6, 2012 - The only way any of the ideas in this video will become a reality is if we go to the moon. Which is really awesome because that might happen sometime soon assuming SpaceX or one of their competitors don't fuck it up by accidentally blowing up their own spaceships
lopff Says:
May 6, 2012 - It is realistic and true, it is being built in China, guess they don't care too much about the implications on the big oil and energy companies, also they have a lot of thorium acumulated due to the extraction of rare earth I think
johnsongM16 Says:
May 10, 2012 - what about the radioactive waste?
johnsongM16 Says:
May 14, 2012 - it was available since 1950s, but it didnt produce plutonium like uranium, so was never used. now its a way better solution bcuz theres too much nuclear wepaons
Argoon1981 Says:
May 15, 2012 - Because something easily obtainable is not profitable, we can easily make fuel from water but you don't see that used at a large scale also or in any scale at all.
sayrith Says:
May 23, 2012 - In the short term, Algae based fuels is a solution. Algae can grow anywhere and astonishingly fast rates and can make biodiesel. Biodiesel can run on non converted engines.
sayrith Says:
May 23, 2012 - So? evolve or die. They should then move on to providing equipment for Thorium reactors. They should think in the long term. Coal will tun out. Oil will run out. Energies like Th and (I am including this one) algae will be here as long as the sun is up and as long as we live.
bumpstart21 Says:
May 24, 2012 - Yes, the truth is the US needs Vast amounts of electrical power to rekindle the manufacturing sector. The BS that we are now a service economy is just that. I'm not interested in being a servant. Our country's strength is rooted in manufacturing. Only huge amounts of clean energy can restore the United States. Long term just isn't where the Wall Street is at these days. You know, a bird in hand ..... Making this happen is up to our kind. Write you Reps! I am. We can make this happen!
Bjowolf2 Says:
May 25, 2012 - So what is stopping them?Why isn't this technology developed already?Has there been any research reactors using this technology?
TheMindUploader Says:
May 25, 2012 - Read bumpstart21's Top comment... You must have skimmed over it to type that...
TheMindUploader Says:
May 25, 2012 - I hope so, I wish those already in China and Indian working on this too and the 6 different USA firms (that unfortunately are trying to build portable low power yield versions) could work together. We need a global Manhattan Project type deal to rush this through. Everyone on earth will benefit (except Big Corps) and the concept has already been proven, a reactor was running well for 5 years...!
quantumdude Says:
Apr 15, 2012 - The current industry runs on fast breeder technology, it is a byproduct of the cold war. The only business model that nuclear companies have these days is to provide solid fuel rods for these reactors. The molten salt reactor is a completely different design and using that technology would mean a complete lost of business for current nuclear companies.Look for:The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)