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Ep. 3 | Thorium and MSR Applications: Curing Cancer and Reducing Landfills

Ep. 3 | Thorium and MSR Applications: Curing Cancer and Reducing Landfills

FromRock Logic with Sean Kenny


Ep. 3 | Thorium and MSR Applications: Curing Cancer and Reducing Landfills

FromRock Logic with Sean Kenny

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Clean coal, no more landfills, abundant drinking water, cheaper and more efficient cars, cheaper gasoline, and curing cancer. What do all of these have in common? They are all side effects of using thorium and the molten salt reactor!  
In this episode of Rock Logic, we discuss the applications of using thorium and the MSR:  
-Cleaner, cheaper coal  
-Turning landfills into synthetic natural gas 
-Help makes America a dominant figure on the global stage for oil drilling and refineries 
-Provides load following for intermittent renewable energies (solar and wind)  
In addition, we discuss the fringe benefits of using the MSR: 
-Cheaper aluminum   
-Excess heat waste desalinates water for free, leading to cheaper and more abundant water 
-Byproducts are rare medical isotopes used in curing cancer -Future tech: can be used in space exploration and terraforming.

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Released:
Jul 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Are you interested in technology? The future of clean energy? Do you want a future that’s self-sustaining and not reliant on government subsidies or carbon taxes to be profitable or reasonable? Well so do we! Nuclear energy, hardware manufacturing, global economics… if it’s not currently affecting you now, it will in the future and we’re here to explain how. I’m Sean Kenny, and this is Rock Logic, where we discuss your future. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rock-logic/support