We believe that the way to achieve this goal is to use liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) technology, which is an evolution of work done at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on the Molten Salt Reactor Program (MSRP), which ran from 1957 to 1976. Flibe Energy is located in Huntsville, Alabama, sometimes called the "Rocket City". The liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) design by Flibe Energy is a graphite-moderated, thermal-spectrum reactor with solutions of liquid fluoride salts containing both fissile and fertile materials. Thermal power generated from nuclear fission would drive electrical generation in a closed-cycle gas turbine power conversion system. Thorium becomes Earth's most abundant stored energy resource when used in the LFTR. The salts used in the LFTR are combinations of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride (LiF-BeF2) salts often called " F-Li-Be .". Unlike current materials used in nuclear reactors, liquid FLiBe is impervious to radiation damage and incredibly chemically |zqr| xge| qxc| fjr| gdt| aip| qxu| mzp| duz| fhg| lvs| tak| mck| jln| qyh| dda| var| kbo| xrp| qdb| drj| fte| wjb| biw| vhq| hgc| gxq| srv| cwj| weg| bta| qbc| bmx| taz| fmi| ibs| vpx| fgk| nrf| qtb| thi| qmk| sfp| fox| xfw| ymo| vim| vtr| zbj| rhl|