Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy
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Well a main step forward for the human race is to find a way to harness energy without any heavy ecological implications.
At the end of the video by the way the narrator also states he doesn't know the answer to it being the solution for the growing energy demand (with technological advancements in renewables etc.).
But it is a step up from the current nuclear reactors, both in safety and . Humanity would suffer a bit less (from stupid decisions, eg. nuclear footprints and efficiency, etc. )
.- Reactor efficiency. Conventional reactors consume less than one percent of the mined uranium, leaving the rest as waste. With perfectly working reprocessing LFTR may consume up to about 99% of its thorium fuel. The improved fuel efficiency means that 1 ton of natural thorium in a LFTR produces as much energy as 35 t of enriched uranium in conventional reactors (requiring 250 t of natural uranium),[8] or 4,166,000 tons of black coal in a coal power plant.