
How To Make Nuclear Energy Safe (with Seaborg’s Troels Schönfeldt)
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
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What Is the Difference Between Graphite and Sotium Hydroxide?
The first moten sold reactor was operated already in 54. The thing is that they used graphite at the time, which turns that it doesn't behave very favorable under radiation. And so there it's not easy to get that commercialized. Our approach is actually doing something other than graphite, which is sotium hydroxide, or drain cleaner instead.
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