Atomic Show Number 40 – Chat with Kirk Sorensen about thorium power

ByRod Adams

Shane Brown and I had a great chat with Kirk Sorensen of Energy from Thorium fame. We talked about a number of different aspects of the technology including materials, fluoride salt chemistry, corrosion, breeding ratios, waste handling, and protactinium decay chains.

We all agreed that we would be the life of any cocktail party with our collective ability to discuss chart of the nuclide trivia from memory.

Check out the show at The Atomic Show #040 – Thorium power – interview with Kirk Sorensen.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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