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14. I believe you hit the nail on the head

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 04:58 PM

Feb 2013

It was all about making bomb material, U-235, P-239.

The MSRE (Molten Salt Reactor Experiment) story is a great read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment

A 1969 document describing the project in detail:

http://moltensalt.org/references/static/downloads/pdf/NAT_MSRintro.pdf

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Lockheed Martin bets big on...nuclear fusion? [View all] wtmusic Feb 2013 OP

Sounds great if they can make it work formercia Feb 2013 #1

I was thinking the same thing. wtmusic Feb 2013 #2

They're talking continuous operation at 100MW formercia Feb 2013 #3

K&R for the future of nuclear fusion think Feb 2013 #4

Well there is always this: Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #5

I like the optimism, ... CRH Feb 2013 #6

Neither of those technologies is necessary bananas Feb 2013 #7

No there are other routes, but, ... CRH Feb 2013 #8

True, optimism doesn't count for much without dedication. wtmusic Feb 2013 #9

I Also Like The Optimism, BUT Vogon_Glory Feb 2013 #10

Yep, as stated optimism is not results, ... CRH Feb 2013 #11

I hadn't heard about MSR at Oak Ridge, ... CRH Feb 2013 #13

I believe you hit the nail on the head wtmusic Feb 2013 #14

It helps to put some historic pieces together, ... CRH Feb 2013 #15

NOPE!! PamW Feb 2013 #17

Nuclear weapons had NOTHING to do with it. PamW Feb 2013 #16

Do you know why thorium reactor technology, ... CRH Feb 2013 #18

If memory serves.. PamW Feb 2013 #19

Ten years and $30,000,000,000 will do the trick SkatmanRoth Feb 2014 #20