RE: [Vo]:Thorium-salt reactor starts up.

[bobcook39...@hotmail.com]

Axil suggests:

“ If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer future for nuclear 
power.”.

I  doubt it.

Bob Cook



From: Axil Axil 
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:17:11 PM
To: vortex-l
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Thorium-salt reactor starts up.

I order to get the thorium to burn, either U235 or Pu239 must be included in 
the fuel load. But to comply with Nuclear regulatory agency rules, only 5% or 
under U235/Pu239 concentration must be maintained. This means that almost 95% 
of the fuel load must be U238.  This fuel load generates mostly Pu239 with a 
small amount of U233 that comes from thorium breeding.

This makes Thorium a minor additive to a uranium breeder reactor. But molten 
salt is a good idea. The best application of the molten salt reactor is the 
pebble bed version designed by Dr. Per Peterson, IMHO. The salt keeps the 
radioactive dust from the pebbles under control.

https://kairospower.com/technology/


Now that LENR is working, this is all horse and buggy  tech.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 8:19 PM H LV 
mailto:hveeder...@gmail.com>> wrote:
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608712/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-fired-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades/?fbclid=IwAR2UXaco_FNvQq6WTJdBR60hc7IAhW-cmLK0Ivtgk0dg0uRe5XGck8OzphY

A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades

The road to cleaner, meltdown-proof nuclear power has taken a big step forward. 
Researchers at NRG, a Dutch nuclear materials firm, have begun the first tests 
of nuclear fission using thorium salts since experiments ended at Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory in the early 1970s.

Thorium has several advantages over uranium, the fuel that powers most nuclear 
reactors in service today. First, it's much harder to weaponize. Second, as we 
pointed out last year in a long read on thorium-salt 
reactors<https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602051/fail-safe-nuclear-power/>, 
designs that call for using it in a liquid form are, essentially, 
self-regulating and fail-safe.

The team at NRG is testing several reactor 
designs<http://www.thoriumenergyworld.com/news/finally-worlds-first-tmsr-experiment-in-over-40-years-started>
 on a small scale at first. The first experiment is on a setup called a 
molten-salt fast reactor, which burns thorium salt and in theory should also be 
able to consume spent nuclear fuel from typical uranium fission reactions.

The tests come amid renewed global interest in thorium. While updated models of 
uranium-fueled power plants are struggling 
mightily<https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603647/meltdown-of-toshibas-nuclear-business-dooms-new-construction-in-the-us/>
 to get off the ground in the U.S., several startup companies are exploring 
molten-salt reactors. China, meanwhile, is charging ahead with big plans for 
its nuclear industry, including a heavy bet on thorium-based reactors. The 
country plans to have the first such power plants hooked up to the grid inside 
15 years. If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer future for 
nuclear power.

Re: [Vo]:Thorium-salt reactor starts up.

[Axil Axil]

I order to get the thorium to burn, either U235 or Pu239 must be included
in the fuel load. But to comply with Nuclear regulatory agency rules, only
5% or under U235/Pu239 concentration must be maintained. This means that
almost 95% of the fuel load must be U238.  This fuel load generates mostly
Pu239 with a small amount of U233 that comes from thorium breeding.

This makes Thorium a minor additive to a uranium breeder reactor. But
molten salt is a good idea. The best application of the molten salt reactor
is the pebble bed version designed by Dr. Per Peterson, IMHO. The salt
keeps the radioactive dust from the pebbles under control.

https://kairospower.com/technology/


Now that LENR is working, this is all horse and buggy  tech.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 8:19 PM H LV  wrote:

>
> https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608712/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-fired-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades/?fbclid=IwAR2UXaco_FNvQq6WTJdBR60hc7IAhW-cmLK0Ivtgk0dg0uRe5XGck8OzphY
>
> A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades
>
> The road to cleaner, meltdown-proof nuclear power has taken a big step
> forward. Researchers at NRG, a Dutch nuclear materials firm, have begun the
> first tests of nuclear fission using thorium salts since experiments ended
> at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the early 1970s.
>
> Thorium has several advantages over uranium, the fuel that powers most
> nuclear reactors in service today. First, it's much harder to weaponize.
> Second, as we pointed out last year in a long read on thorium-salt
> reactors
> ,
> designs that call for using it in a liquid form are, essentially,
> self-regulating and fail-safe.
>
> The team at NRG is testing several reactor designs
> 
>  on
> a small scale at first. The first experiment is on a setup called a
> molten-salt fast reactor, which burns thorium salt and in theory should
> also be able to consume spent nuclear fuel from typical uranium fission
> reactions.
>
> The tests come amid renewed global interest in thorium. While updated
> models of uranium-fueled power plants are struggling mightily
> 
>  to
> get off the ground in the U.S., several startup companies are exploring
> molten-salt reactors. China, meanwhile, is charging ahead with big plans
> for its nuclear industry, including a heavy bet on thorium-based reactors.
> The country plans to have the first such power plants hooked up to the grid
> inside 15 years. If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer
> future for nuclear power.
>

[Vo]:Thorium-salt reactor starts up.

[H LV]

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608712/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-fired-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades/?fbclid=IwAR2UXaco_FNvQq6WTJdBR60hc7IAhW-cmLK0Ivtgk0dg0uRe5XGck8OzphY

A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades

The road to cleaner, meltdown-proof nuclear power has taken a big step
forward. Researchers at NRG, a Dutch nuclear materials firm, have begun the
first tests of nuclear fission using thorium salts since experiments ended
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the early 1970s.

Thorium has several advantages over uranium, the fuel that powers most
nuclear reactors in service today. First, it's much harder to weaponize.
Second, as we pointed out last year in a long read on thorium-salt reactors
,
designs that call for using it in a liquid form are, essentially,
self-regulating and fail-safe.

The team at NRG is testing several reactor designs

on
a small scale at first. The first experiment is on a setup called a
molten-salt fast reactor, which burns thorium salt and in theory should
also be able to consume spent nuclear fuel from typical uranium fission
reactions.

The tests come amid renewed global interest in thorium. While updated
models of uranium-fueled power plants are struggling mightily

to
get off the ground in the U.S., several startup companies are exploring
molten-salt reactors. China, meanwhile, is charging ahead with big plans
for its nuclear industry, including a heavy bet on thorium-based reactors.
The country plans to have the first such power plants hooked up to the grid
inside 15 years. If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer
future for nuclear power.