Thorium: The Useful Worthless Element

Is thorium the solution to climate change? It might be. A thorium-powered molten salt nuclear reactor is the cheapest, most reliable, and safest energy we could produce and with very few carbon emissions. This technology is so energy-dense that it can end our reliance on foreign fossil fuels and enriched uranium, leaving little to no radioactive nuclear waste, unlike with our standard light water nuclear reactors.

0:00 Intro
1:32 Sean's background in alternative energy
2:29 Sean's first reaction to thorium
4:13 What is Thorium
5:19 Thorium as an energy source
7:46 The Rise of Nuclear Energy/Molten Salt Reactor
10:25 Thorium as one of the reasons Earth can sustain life
11:17 Why people are taking another look at thorium today

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