Well I have to say that I am a bit disappointed at Mr. Blix's simplified and negative view of alternative energy. If the world had spent a fraction of what they spent on research for nuclear energy, the solar panels would be much more efficient than they are today.
The deeper you go the more you'll find. You'll have to build an even BIGGER Lab. You guys are gonna keep wasting money and Split atoms and subatomic particle for the rest of your lives! You and i both know why. You guys are called; Physics As You Go Physicists. and Theoretical physics should have been fixed from the 1930's but that's just life. Now most of our generation is lost like u guys.
Thorium: An energy source for the world of tomorrow? Watch the webcast, starting now: home.web.cern.ch/scientists/updates/2014/03/thorium-energy-source-world-tomorrow See also Hans Blix talking about thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation back in October 2013 at CERN Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation at CERN
Duane Elliott I was a physics undergrad when the Pons and Fleischmann experiment was announced. I also have taken a look at Thorium reactor designs. I can tell you that the two are nothing alike, so I'm curious how you got that impression. Pons & Fleischmann used a palladium electrode with heavy water; they _believed_ that, after liberating deuterium with electrolysis, the deuterium atoms migrate into micro-fissures/cracks in the palladium cathode where some kind of quantum tunneling effect may have been taking place, thereby allowing atoms to fuse at lower energies. None of this has ever been confirmed. Thorium reactors are nothing like this. They operate by essentially converting thorium into an unstable uranium isotope (U-233) through neutron capture and harvesting the resulting fission energy when the resulting isotope undergoes fission. While some designs might superficially resemble the experimental apparatus of Pons & Fleischmann, the operating principles are entirely different. Thorium reactors are just fission reactors with a safer fuel source and less risk of producing weapons-grade byproducts (e.g. plutonium). Of course, it's also the case that the scales are entirely different as well. The smallest test thorium reactor is far larger than the cold fusion experiment that Pons et al. worked with.
He is totaly right on military spending though. It's a waste of material and energy. Money is only a form of communication, energy and materials are real and some we can not recover by any amount of money after we used them.
Some Time ago I researched nuclear power , and I must disagree with you Mr. Hans , it is a contributing factor to Global Climate trainwreck' , mining costs for 1 , nuclear constructions 2 , and according to Stanford University, a nuclear power plant has to bee built - 1 per day » every day» for the next 40 years to maintain current energy usage , a nuclear reactors lifetime is 40 years , this would never end . Solar is a more intelligent source I think , I wish I could afford it now ... BRIGHT BLESSINGS !!!
Chris Couch My statement relates to the Global Climate ; in order to build nuclear plants all over the Earth , would require cement , which is a primary cause of global warming . The manufacturing , mining , UHI ( Urban Heat Island ) principle , the radioactive wastes involved which heat the Earth when there's an , "accident". Bill Gates and another Gentleman discussed a new type of reactor , obviously there are much more intelligent People than I , but I have yet to meet a simple Country Farmer living off the land who's destroying the whole Planet in a ,"half -life ". What is your oppinion ??
Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation at CERN: Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation at CERN
Well I have to say that I am a bit disappointed at Mr. Blix's simplified and negative view of alternative energy. If the world had spent a fraction of what they spent on research for nuclear energy, the solar panels would be much more efficient than they are today.
The deeper you go the more you'll find. You'll have to build an even BIGGER Lab. You guys are gonna keep wasting money and Split atoms and subatomic particle for the rest of your lives!
You and i both know why. You guys are called; Physics As You Go Physicists. and Theoretical physics should have been fixed from the 1930's but that's just life. Now most of our generation is lost like u guys.
Thorium: An energy source for the world of tomorrow?
Watch the webcast, starting now: home.web.cern.ch/scientists/updates/2014/03/thorium-energy-source-world-tomorrow
See also Hans Blix talking about thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation back in October 2013 at CERN Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation at CERN
Have there been test reactors built?
As far as I understand it they have. Also it's interesting to note that the basic design is a lot like the Pons & Fleichmann "cold fusion" device.
Duane Elliott I was a physics undergrad when the Pons and Fleischmann experiment was announced. I also have taken a look at Thorium reactor designs. I can tell you that the two are nothing alike, so I'm curious how you got that impression.
Pons & Fleischmann used a palladium electrode with heavy water; they _believed_ that, after liberating deuterium with electrolysis, the deuterium atoms migrate into micro-fissures/cracks in the palladium cathode where some kind of quantum tunneling effect may have been taking place, thereby allowing atoms to fuse at lower energies. None of this has ever been confirmed.
Thorium reactors are nothing like this. They operate by essentially converting thorium into an unstable uranium isotope (U-233) through neutron capture and harvesting the resulting fission energy when the resulting isotope undergoes fission. While some designs might superficially resemble the experimental apparatus of Pons & Fleischmann, the operating principles are entirely different. Thorium reactors are just fission reactors with a safer fuel source and less risk of producing weapons-grade byproducts (e.g. plutonium).
Of course, it's also the case that the scales are entirely different as well. The smallest test thorium reactor is far larger than the cold fusion experiment that Pons et al. worked with.
Damn, CERN is talking LFTRs... Times are a changing.
Fusion age for take energy
my god, who did the editing of this video?
Stop zooming in and out!!!!! i hate that, are you trying to distract me???
He is totaly right on military spending though. It's a waste of material and energy. Money is only a form of communication, energy and materials are real and some we can not recover by any amount of money after we used them.
thorium for the future
zoom in zoom out zoom in zoom out zoom in zoom out
*puuuuke*
NASA dont allow comments on their videos.
CERN does allow people to make comments.
Not sure how I feel about either scenario.
I thought Kim jong il had bumped him off years ago?
Now i wan´t to se any one more from "team america" comenting on thorium reactors. May be Mat Daemond.
Sustainable is too near-sided for future generations, though should be considered while developing renewable energy.
Thorium is master race.
Thorium from Asgard!
Some Time ago I researched nuclear power , and I must disagree with you Mr. Hans , it is a contributing factor to Global Climate trainwreck' , mining costs for 1 , nuclear constructions 2 , and according to Stanford University, a nuclear power plant has to bee built - 1 per day » every day» for the next 40 years to maintain current energy usage , a nuclear reactors lifetime is 40 years , this would never end . Solar is a more intelligent source I think , I wish I could afford it now ...
BRIGHT BLESSINGS !!!
and how does this relate to the global climate?
Chris Couch My statement relates to the Global Climate ; in order to build nuclear plants all over the Earth , would require cement , which is a primary cause of global warming . The manufacturing , mining , UHI ( Urban Heat Island ) principle , the radioactive wastes involved which heat the Earth when there's an , "accident".
Bill Gates and another Gentleman discussed a new type of reactor , obviously there are much more intelligent People than I , but I have yet to meet a simple Country Farmer living off the land who's destroying the whole Planet in a ,"half -life ".
What is your oppinion ??
i lick so much the sciences fisical
Interesting video, horrible editing!