Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Thorium Reactors

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

The only Gs I like pulling these days are those that go into my checking 
account. 

> On Nov 12, 2020, at 3:20 PM, clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> A 40 lb brain gets in the way when pulling Gs 
> 
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> On Behalf Of Erik Nielsen
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:04 PM
> To: Clyde <Clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Thorium Reactors
> 
> What’s the matter, the pilots don’t like it when the 40 pound brains get in 
> the middle of the conversation?
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2020, at 2:41 PM, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
>> 
>> What the heck Clyde - haven’t you seen "Back to the Future"?
>> 
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>> Of clyde romero
>> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:32 PM
>> To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
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>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Thorium Reactors
>> 
>> Weren’t we talking about cars here?
>> 
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>> From: Ferrari 
>> <ferrari-bounces+clyderomerof4=gmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of 
>> georgedodson [at] comcast.net
>> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:54 AM
>> To: Clyde <Clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
>> Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Thorium Reactors
>> 
>> The only non-Thermal Cycle is Plasma Fusion., the big dream. Don't get 
>> me started............... We at ORNL are collaborators on ITER
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:48 AM
>> To: georgedodson [at] comcast.net
>> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Thorium Reactors
>> 
>> I don’t expect to see movement until the grid gets stretched to the limits 
>> due to electric cars. Then there will be revised interest. 
>> 
>> Until then, we’ve got the other dull gray metal that’s warm to the touch to 
>> make hot water.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Nov 12, 2020, at 9:45 AM, georgedodson [at] comcast.net wrote:
>>> 
>>> Re: There has been a buzz about Thorium reactors since I was at N2S2 
>>> in the late 80s...? as of this writing there are no operational 
>>> Thorium reactors in the world. ? Lots of hype around PHWR/AHWR, no 
>>> reality.? There are TONS (literally, hundreds of thousands) of Thorium in 
>>> Australia...? no reactor.?
>>> The only widespread use of Thorium is in TIG electrodes when alloyed 
>>> with Tungsten.? Even I own some of those.
>>> Thorium reactors are as rare as perfect Ferrari publications.
>>> 
>>> Why would you use Thorium if you had enough Uranium, which we do, so far?
>>> Alvin Weinberg, here at ORNL pushed the Thorium Cycle since the late 1950's.
>>> They are more difficult to start, but they answer the riddle: " Q: If 
>>> you put 20 tons of fuel into a reactor and run it for 5 years, how 
>>> much do you have left? A: 25 tons" You can eve run them s pebble bed 
>>> reactors like some of the new Gen4 Small Modular Reactors.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> George
>>> 
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>>> There has been a buzz about Thorium reactors since I was at N2S2 in 
>>> the late 80s...? as of this writing there are no operational Thorium 
>>> reactors in the world. ? Lots of hype around PHWR/AHWR, no reality.?
>>> There are TONS (literally, hundreds of thousands) of Thorium in 
>>> Australia...? no reactor.?
>>> The only widespread use of Thorium is in TIG electrodes when alloyed 
>>> with Tungsten.? Even I own some of those.
>>> Thorium reactors are as rare as perfect Ferrari publications.
>>> 
>>>  On Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:41:59 AM PST, 
>>> georgedodson [at] comcast.net <georgedodson [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, what is wrong with breeder reactors, in particular the Thorium cycle?
>>> There is not enough Uranium on the planet, but there is plenty of Thorium. 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> George
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