Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/14/24 10:31, D wrote:

Just saw this:
 "China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert"
 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-06/china-building-thorium-nuclear- power-station-gobi/104304468
 Will be interesting to see if they will succeed!

If you are interested, there is a thorium startup, Copenhagen Atomics, that have put out a couple of good promo videos.
The first describes the worlds general energy problem:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVue7cgmM00>
The second details Copenhagen Atomics "Onion Core" thorium molten salt reactor.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqxvBAJn_vc>
Obviously it is typical startup hype, but the guy touches on most of the issues. In particular he addresses the fact we need cheap energy, which a lot of the renewable discussions try to cover up. Secondly he discusses non electrical energy use, which many renewable discussions also skip over.
As I understand it, molten salt reactors have two main tech problems, corrosion and continuously separating out unwanted fission products.