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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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2. I'm sure that in a wiser future, people will oblige. It's an extremely valuable resource if there is any hope...

Reply to Oneear (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 02:28 PM

Jan 25

...of saving the world, something that is increasingly a long shot.

There is a lot of thorium around the world, much of it in mine tailings from the lanthanide mining industry. It should be recovered and used.

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High-Temperature Ferrofluids Based on Molten Salts [View all] NNadir Jan 25 OP

Bridgeton Missouri would be happy for you to come and Dig up the West Lake Landfill part of it has thorium Oneear Jan 25 #1

I'm sure that in a wiser future, people will oblige. It's an extremely valuable resource if there is any hope... NNadir Jan 25 #2

I remember that you had said that you're not a molten salt kind of guy. StevieM Jan 29 #3

The most famous molten salt is Flibe, which is beryllium based with... NNadir Jan 29 #4

Fluorides John ONeill Jan 31 #5

Someone once asked me to consult - for free - to make an MSR with lithium free BeF2 as the coolant. NNadir Jan 31 #6

Copenhagen Atomics John ONeill Jan 31 #7

Thanks. I've heard peripherally of this company, but have not accessed the details. We have entered a new... NNadir Jan 31 #8

CopAtomx John ONeill Feb 1 #9

Then it's a fast spectrum reactor and far more interesting in my view. NNadir Feb 1 #10

Copenhagen Atomics design John ONeill Feb 4 #11

Thanks John, for looking into it. It's an intriguing design. Of course, Denmark could build two large nuclear... NNadir Feb 4 #12