ORNL Thorium Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Researchers - Dick Engel & Syd Ball - Dinner & Interview
Channel: gordonmcdowell
Date: 2012-09-28

Dick Engel and Syd Ball explain over dinner (and a post-dinner interview) their involvement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory's thorium molten salt research. Why are molten salt reactors important? Were there any significant challenges? Why was the program shut down?

Also at the table: Baroness Bryony Worthington, Kirk Sorensen, Kirk Dorius, Dr. Laurence Miller, James L Crowley & Jess Gehin. 

Footage shot for Thorium Remix project: http://thoriumremix.com/

The full post-dinner interview can be found here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yO0Qk-_Gms

Flibe Energy: http://flibe-energy.com/

To learn more about the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment

To learn more about the proposed Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LFTR

Or watch THORIUM REMIX 2011, which starts off with a 5 minute summary of PWR vs LFTR: http://youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__yYbsZ4