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Re: Thorium power
Reply #30 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:05pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:02pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 9:47pm:

lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 9:39pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 9:25pm:

Yes, that is exactly why I asked the question.

And yet you didn't seem to arrive at a conclusion. Wink

Apart from a tired old "debunked".

I did. I told Bobby he was posting gibber, and got threatened for my efforts. Seems we are not allowed to be critical of what he posts.

Why has the most advanced advanced technologies like USA, the UK, 'Europe,' etc etc not embraced Thorium? I guess Bobby will tell us.

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608712/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-...

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.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145535-thorium-could-power-the-next-genera...

Short Sharp Science

25 August 2017
Thorium could power the next generation of nuclear reactors

More snake oil gibber! Did it ever get going Bobby...that Dutch one. Where is it Bobby?

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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95485 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #31 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:09pm Here it is Aussie: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145535-thorium-could-power-the-next-genera...
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 37678 Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #32 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed? Let's see your answers Bobby, not YouTube stuff. Aren't you the expert with appropriate qualifications? I sure am not, but I can do a basic Google.
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Reply #33 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:14pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:09pm:

Here it is Aussie:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145535-thorium-could-power-the-next-genera...

https://d1o50x50snmhul.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/25194236/108906...

I did not bother beyond:

Quote:

Thorium could power the next generation of nuclear reactors.

*My embolding.*

I reckon there could be a real Santa Claus, and even fairies at the bottom of the garden.

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Reply #34 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:16pm

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm:

And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed?

Let's see your answers Bobby, not YouTube stuff. Aren't you the expert with appropriate qualifications? I sure am not, but I can do a basic Google.

Coal is needed for all the currently open coal fire power stations.

A large scale Thorium reactor has not been built yet -
only small experimental reactors.
They are still ironing out some technical problems.

Look at the graph Aussie:

That little

red line

is all we use now.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16428 Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #35 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:22pm Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:14pm: I reckon there could be a real Santa Claus, and even fairies at the bottom of the garden. Is that the same as there COULD be CAGW?
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16428 Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #36 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:25pm Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm: And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed? You do realise the scare stories about nuclear? That expands the time frame for the approvals process. You have to get building approval first.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 37678 Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #37 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:26pm lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:22pm: Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:14pm: I reckon there could be a real Santa Claus, and even fairies at the bottom of the garden. Is that the same as there COULD be CAGW? What has that got to do with this Thread?
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Reply #38 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:28pm

lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:25pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm:

And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed?

You do realise the scare stories about nuclear? That expands the time frame for the approvals process.

You have to get building approval first.

Also - there is a lot of investment in Uranium.
Those investors must be terrified of Thorium which is so much safer
and could put them all out of business.
This is big -
we're talking about unlimited, cheap, safe power for everyone.

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Reply #39 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:38pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:28pm:

lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:25pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm:

And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed?

You do realise the scare stories about nuclear? That expands the time frame for the approvals process.

You have to get building approval first.

Also - there is a lot of investment in Uranium.
Those investors must be terrified of Thorium which is so much safer
and could put them all out of business.
This is big -
we're talking about unlimited, cheap, safe power for everyone.

Ah! So.....it is all a conspiracy theory Bobby? And right here at OzPol, we have the Messiah who is exposing it!

Give it up Bobby, next minute you'll be telling me the the Earth could be flat and you probably bung up some You Tube stuff in support.

What is the view of it is the light on this Thorium snake oil Bobby?

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Reply #40 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:45pm

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:38pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:28pm:

lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:25pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:10pm:

And as for India.....why is Adani proposing to spend billions on Australian coal if they have this thorium thing nailed?

You do realise the scare stories about nuclear? That expands the time frame for the approvals process.

You have to get building approval first.

Also - there is a lot of investment in Uranium.
Those investors must be terrified of Thorium which is so much safer
and could put them all out of business.
This is big -
we're talking about unlimited, cheap, safe power for everyone.

Ah! So.....it is all a conspiracy theory Bobby? And right here at OzPol, we have the Messiah who is exposing it!

Give it up Bobby, next minute you'll be telling me the the Earth could be flat and you probably bung up some You Tube stuff in support.

What is the view of it is the light on this Thorium snake oil Bobby?

Is Thorium Power Being Suppressed?

The Thorium Conspiracy

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Re: Thorium power
Reply #41 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:57pm

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:26pm:

lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:22pm:

Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:14pm:

I reckon there could be a real Santa Claus, and even fairies at the bottom of the garden.

Is that the same as there COULD be CAGW? Wink

What has that got to do with this Thread?

Grin

Because you believe the COULDS of CAGW, but deny the COULDS of Thorium power.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16428 Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #42 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:58pm Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:38pm: Ah! So.....it is all a conspiracy theory Bobby? Just like the Big Oil conspiracy?
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95485 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Thorium power Reply #43 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 11:02pm lee wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:58pm: Aussie wrote on Mar 1^st, 2018 at 10:38pm: Ah! So.....it is all a conspiracy theory Bobby? Just like the Big Oil conspiracy? Almost exactly like the big oil conspiracy. You know - how they suppressed battery technology. They crushed battery cars.
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Re: Thorium power
Reply #44 - Mar 1^st, 2018 at 11:05pm

I watched the first snake oil crap video Bobby, but (even though I am not in bed asleep and am watching cricket Aus v SA) I'll be stuffed if I am going to 'invest' over two hours on the second which will probably be more of the same in the first crap video.

Bobby....the first video had a series of images, and the only one I saw which had any connection with a thorium reactor was some miniature (said to be) thorium reactor thing on a desk. The rest was rubbish and the script was fancifull snake oil gibber, and that is exactly what you post.

I am out of this Thread......unless you put some other crap up.....which is likely, but I have made my point. You post gibber.

Are you it is the light?

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