Before I get to Thorium, I want to thank Sherman for leading the discussion on race and to Vince for giving us a historical perspective. Historically, the day of our meeting, July 16, is the 70th anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test, which ushered in the nuclear age. Had Nazi Germany been more tolerant to Jewish scientists, they may have gotten the bomb first. Groups which discriminate do so at their own peril.
In a TED Talk we already saw, Bill Gates said that to solve the climate change, developing nations need zero carbon energy as reliable and available as coal but cheaper and safer. Gates proposed to develop an advance nuclear reactor based on the traditional uranium fuel cycle, but recently a nuclear reactor based on thorium has gotten the attention of the Internet community, as shown HERE. Similar reactors have also gotten attention as THIS one which burns nuclear waste.
For our next meeting we will look at the potential of these new reactors and why developers are leaving this county to pursue their designs.
--------------------- Updated 7/17/15 -------------------------------
Here are the link to the videos from which the supplemental clips were taken, what out some of these are really long:
--------------------- Updated 7/17/15 -------------------------------
Here are the link to the videos from which the supplemental clips were taken, what out some of these are really long:
- Kirk Sorensen's long explanation of thorium to the hackers.
- Leslie Dewan's pitch to investors.
- US Congress hearings on nuclear energy.
- Russ Wilcox, investor in Dewan's company
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