I call bullshit. He is a con-man, selling hype to people who don't know how a reactor works: (Reply #7)

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Tue Mar 30, 2021, 02:22 PM

DetlefK (16,376 posts)

7. I call bullshit. He is a con-man, selling hype to people who don't know how a reactor works:

All fission-reactors are built on the same principle: Converting thermal energy into electricity.

He SPECIFICALLY said that a molten-salt reactor wouldn't need water-coolant. But how else would he harvest the thermal energy? HE NEVER EXPLAINED THAT. And what does the reactor-layout in HIS OWN PRESENTATION show a "heat-exchanger" next to the reactor? At time-stamp 5:26. What is in that heat-exchanger if not water???

The molten salt is the radioactive fuel that produces the heat! It's not the medium that converts heat into electricity!!!

I only watched the first video and after such a crass mistake I refuse to waste any more time on this man.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thorium based nuclear power is the best choice for our energy future not wind or solar [View all]	thx64536	Mar 2021	OP
Just to note. China is also investing more then $360 billion into renewable energy.	CentralMass	Mar 2021	#1
The thing about renewables - they don't need any fuel	Blues Heron	Mar 2021	#2
Agree! Other countries are out pacing us with wind, solar and wave. They aren't talking about	PortTack	Mar 2021	#8
I think it will be a mix	exboyfil	Mar 2021	#3
Are nuclear and renewables like wind/solar supposed to be mutually exclusive?	kysrsoze	Mar 2021	#4
Agree 100% ... batteries as it stands are an expensive solution to intermittency problems	Hugh_Lebowski	Mar 2021	#6
So did China get these pilot plants up in 2020 as they planned per this 2017 article?	Hugh_Lebowski	Mar 2021	#5
I call bullshit. He is a con-man, selling hype to people who don't know how a reactor works:	DetlefK	Mar 2021	#7
They use gas to remove the heat	Hokie	Mar 2021	#9

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