Robert Hargraves - Aim High! @ TEAC3

Robert Hargraves : THORIUM ENERGY CHEAPER THAN FROM COAL ~ AIM HIGH!

Presented at the 3rd Thorium Energy Alliance Conference, in Washington DC.

http://ThoriumRemix.com/ is a doc created (in part) from this footage. Watch "LFTR in 5 Minutes - THORIUM REMIX 2011" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__y...

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[ReelFreak]

Very cool, I like how he laid out a game plan and used Boeing as an example as to how we can look to existing industries for the best ways to develop new technologies like thorium based reactors.

[42streetsdown]

guys got a bow tie. bow ties are cool.

[zassounotsukushi]

So to be clear, he's saying that it can be mined for $330 per kg, right? That would be just about the same cost as the yellowcake value needed to produce 1 kg of 5% enriched LWR fuel. Of course, the LWR fuel is burnt to 4-5% while LFTR fuel would be burnt to 99% or more. In other words, even if we mined this stuff, it would be cheaper than ore costs for present reactors, which is a tiny fraction of fuel cycle costs, which is a tiny fraction of total costs.

So really... functionally free.