Found this interesting 16 minute overview of LFTR

Josh Cryer · Post by **Josh Cryer** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:33 am

Thought you guys might like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWUeBSoEnRk

KitemanSA · Post by **KitemanSA** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:56 am

Thanks, Josh. Good link.

choff · Post by **choff** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:34 am

There's a nice article on Thorium reactors in the Jan. 2010 Wired mag.

seedload · Post by **seedload** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:33 pm

Sounds like it could be up and running in a day or two doesn't it. Like all pitches, it seems to underestimate the engineering challenges. Pa-231 is ignored. U232 is ignored basically. The real materials challenges are somewhat ignored. That said, very interesting. Thanks.

Definitely a place I would spend a bunch of money if I were king of the world. I like the two fluid approach but I wonder if it could be developed in two stages. The first, a single fluid MSRE like approach for burning spent fuels and demonstrating the chemical processes for removing the fission products. The second stage adding the thorium blanket, Pa-233 chemical separation process for U233 breeding, and U233 separation for injection into the core.