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We've talked about Thorcon's MSR in Indonesia being what will most likely be the first commercial molten salt reactor to come to market and how China is pushing full steam ahead into building MSRs. But what is going on in the world of molten salt reactors/nuclear energy in the West?   

Enter Terrestrial Energy. A Canadian nuclear startup looking to build an integral molten salt reactor, or IMSR, and have it hit the market by 2028. It uses uranium tetrafluoride as fuel and would be a single fluid burner reactor.   

In addition, Canada is funding GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 SMR, which has agreements with utility companies in the U.S., Poland, Estonia, and the Czech Republic to explore commercial deployment.   

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This week on Rock Logic, Sun Cable is planning on building the largest solar farm in the world in Australia and shipping said Solar Energy over 4,000km away to Singapore. Is this the best use of Singapore's resources, or is there a better way? Meanwhile, nearby Indonesia and Thorcon power have chosen a location for their molten salt reactor on the island of Paulu Gelesa near Bangka.

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Cryptocurrency is all the rage right now and seemingly appears in every headline. But what is the environmental impact of crypto such as bitcoin, ethereum, and dogecoin? And can nuclear, or more specifically the molten salt reactor, mitigate this impact?

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In 2020 nuclear energy created more zero-carbon energy across the world than any other source, beating out wind, solar, and hydroelectric. While the United States is retiring more nuclear plants than it's building, China is building nuclear power plants at a breakneck speed.   

In most situations, Sean Kenny is not a fan of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But the speed with which they are building nuclear power plants is something to be commended. It's a very much-needed development, seeing as China is currently the number one polluter worldwide.   Not only are they building a number of PWRs (pressurized water reactors), they're also developing 4th gen nuclear reactors that will generate less waste.   

The reason they're doing this is due to numerous environmental disasters over the past years. An estimated 30 million Chinese citizens have died due to breathing the polluted air and in some cities, the smog is so thick you can't tell what time of day it is. It's disappointing that it took hitting this point for action to be taken, but at least it is being taken.   

Of course, China can only mobilize in this fashion because it is an authoritarian state that cares little for individual freedoms. We don't expect the United States to be able to mobilize on this scale and we certainly don't want it to do so at the cost of individual rights. But other countries have been able to transition to mostly nuclear (France namely), so we know it is possible to get there eventually.   

For now, we commend China on rolling out these nuclear plants and cleaning up their skies.    

#china #nuclearenergy #greenenergy #zerocarbon 

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Worldwide supply shortages are causing the global economy to fracture, thanks to Covid induced shipping delays. Computer chips and semiconductors used in electronics are the hardest hit. Tesla has had to halt production of their electric vehicles and Toyota said in January they only have enough chips for four months. Medical equipment, mobile phones, and military hardware have also been affected.   

Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, and NVIDIA have contacted the Biden Administration for a solution, but is there one?

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Winter storm Uri has ravaged Texas, blanketing it in snow. Frozen wind turbines and natural gas pipelines have contributed to the overall power failure, but what can Texas do to stabilize its electric grid in the face of future storms? Well, the molten salt reactor of course!

With Elon Musk tweeting a reward for viable carbon capture technology, we have to wonder... is carbon capture technology something that can be made viable and profitable? Are there companies out there right now working on such a venture? Carbon Engineering, Net Power, and Sierra Energy are, just to name a few!   

Everyone says electric vehicles are the future and that in 10-15 years, we will all be driving EVs. But when everyone is plugging in their cars instead of heading to the gas pump, will we have enough electricity to manage the output?

Is nuclear propulsion as seen in SyFy's The Expanse something that can happen in reality? Today we look at real-life experiments and applications, including NASA's NERVA program, Project Prometheus, nuclear saltwater rockets, and mag beam propulsion. 

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Ask and you shall receive. You all wanted it, so today you’re getting it. Today I am going to cover Moltex and the Stable Salt Reactor. Their innovative approach, their strategy to tackling nuclear waste, and their solution to providing stable backup power for renewables already on the grid.

This week on the Rock Logic Podcast, Sean lays out his Christmas list of legislative changes the United States government can make to bring about true nuclear innovation more quickly. Advancing nuclear energy technology is hard enough on its own. It’s even harder when the government gets in the way. We promise Moltex is coming next week!   

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 Ep 2 | LWR vs MSR: https://youtu.be/0X16g14Aark

Ep 4 | Rare Earth Elements: https://youtu.be/ctZbC8dYjTM

Ep 8 | Elysium Industries: https://youtu.be/VuDLCt4sEeA 

0:00 Rock Logic Podcast Intro 

0:38 End of Intro Music 

1:37 Direct Regulatory Funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

5:33 Give Department of Defense (DOD) a budget for molten salt reactors 

7:50 Directly fund waste-burning MSRs

8:29 Develop medical isotope production

9:45 Pass Marco Rubio's Rare Earth Thorium Co-op Act 

10:27 Final Thoughts   

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International trade depends on two factors. Energy and the ability to move precious cargo around the world as quickly as possible. We use fossil fuels to spin the wheels of the global economy, but can nuclear marine power do a better job? And what other applications can we use on the high seas?

Today we sit down for an interview with the co-founder of Copenhagen Atomics Thomas Jam Pedersen.

On today's podcast, we discuss Thorcon. Are they going to be the first company to build and operate a thorium molten salt reactor? It appears so, and they're doing it in Indonesia.

It is an honor to welcome Elysium Industries founder Ed Pheil onto the show this week! Elysium is one of the more interesting nuclear energy startups in the field currently, with the molten chloride salt fast reactor (MCSFR) at the helm!

Here’s a fun fact. Your ability to dredge the ocean and make submerged pilings does not give you a right to someone else’s territory. Yeah, I’m going there!  We discuss: 

What is the South China Sea and why is it important? 

The Chinese Nine Dash Line 

Why China is asserting dominance 

China is creating new islands and military bases 

China's actions declared illegal 

Why does the United States care?  

Issues with going to war with China

Here on the Rock Logic podcast, we're a huge fan of Flibe Energy's LFTR design. But are there any alternatives worth mentioning? YES! Elysium Industries has a Molten Chloride Fast reactor (MCSFR) specifically designed to be fuel-flexible, able to run on thorium, spent uranium nuclear waste, and plutonium. Very exciting stuff.

Nuclear fusion always feels like it's 30 years away. But can thorium make fusion reactors a reality within our lifetimes? Does nuclear fusion trump fission breeder reactors like LFTRs and molten salt reactors?

Space: the final frontier! Musk wants us on the red planet building the next branch of human civilization. Which brings us to the big question: How would we power the economic engine to drive that scale of interplanetary commerce? Today you get the answer.

We've established that LFTRs are the best solution for clean, safe, and reliable energy, but did you know that, if implemented, they would provide massive economic benefits to every American at every income level?

Rare earth elements: China has control over the supply chain, and this is a national security issue for the United States who uses these to construct military hardware. How do we resolve this while bringing back over $1 TRILLION back in mining and manufacturing stateside?

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.

If Thorium is so great why haven’t we used it before? Is there a better and safer way to tap fission? If so how close are we to achieving our clean energy future? Today we get the answer.  

We discuss:  

-The best nuclear reactor to utilize Thorium 

-Light water reactors: the history, development, benefits, and drawbacks of it. 

-Why light water reactors are still the standard despite better options available 

-Light water reactor vs molten salt reactor 

-Roadblocks in building and implementing molten salt reactors (spoilers: government regulations) 

-Recent developments and the future of molten salt reactor development.

Do you care about Climate Change? Wish you could cure cancer? And are you someone who just wants to unlock the unlimited potential of human ingenuity. Well, Thorium is what you use, and the Molten Salt Reactor allows us to do it. Sean Kenny explains why Thorium is the future of energy.

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.