fuck maybe I'll move to china

Yo real quick. Im seeing trump ads everywhere. This man is really campaigning 24/7

but there's a whole bunch of issues affecting thorium reactor development

Remind me, what’s the deal with thorium salt reactors again? The phrase is niggling something from back when I watched thunderf00t.

If there is one thing I could have in my lifetime before I die

It's would be fusion reactors

the main problem from what I remember is the actual loop

material choice was the shitter

even with assisted metlag

@Aya http://www.theblackvault.com/documents/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1978/7801.PDF thorium reactors and LFMBR's have a real problem due to corrosion and expenses

metlags like a loop enclosure with heatsinks

yeah plus the corrosion

thorium is a MSBR or Molten Salt Breeder Reactor

plus the radiation

and depending on the application, stress/compression etc

We need a breakthrough in power of some sort

bear in mind this shit's weakest link is the loop itself, not the reaction vessel

Something cleaner

The way nuclear power is right now is not good

Or sustainable

Is fairly good tbh but could improve

anyways maybe they will get it done, kinda nuts atm that china put their ass down on the dark side of the moon recently and spacex is hauling all ass building something that has even Scott fucking Manley puzzled

Thorium sounds like an interesting idea but never has been successfully done.

We have no good, reliable way to store radioactive waste for the amount of time it takes for it to decay

@Leeroy I have no clue what you mean by loop but I’m guessing it’s something to do with the actual lifespan of the fuel? Either that or the energy output is just garbage.

I recommend a sungun

Even though I don't want commies on the moon, I'm glad they went there because it'll be a space race again and maybe NASA will get off their asses and do something

best way to deal with nuclear waste lol

Tyrone you do realize that NASA's funding has been shit canned right?

I know

@Capitalist Space Bats the actual system the nuclear product is in, so like the tubes providing the coolant and shit

They are getting barely a 10th of what they used to

I had an idea for a reactor that is powered by super critical liquid helium and gravity with two different condensors.

Not a reactor but more like a motor.

Not terribly their fault when the government hands them a fiver and says land on mars

I am aware but still, Elon Musk and maybe Branson are our hopes now

idk wtf is going on with a lot of nasa and spacex

@Hob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gewYEE769z4

Meanwhile

pretty apparent they're hooked right into the DoD chain now

So it just gets stupid hot or overly reactive and dealing with it costs more than it’s worth?