The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN people link it as the original, technically solid presentation on thorium reactors whenever the topic comes up.
What it is
A 2008 Google Tech Talk making the case for the liquid fluoride thorium reactor as an abundant, safe source of electrical power. It covers the technical motivations and design of thorium molten-salt reactors.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2011 to 2014.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec everyone · 2014-04 · on “Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire”
Brilliant fairly technical presentation on Thorium. [this video] This more or less sold me on the idea years ago.
Cites tambourine_man · 2011-02 · on “TerraPower and Bill Gates Have a Radical Vision For the Reactors of Tomorrow”
How does that compare to thorium based reactors? The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be [this video]
Cites moreati · 2011-07 · on “Thorium nuclear reactors: a possible solution of the energy crisis? (video)”
Here are the original videos: The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be [this video] Aim High: Using Thorium Energy to Address Environmental Problems [LINK] Lessons for the Liquid-Fluoride Thorium Reactor (from history) [LINK]