By 
Kirk Sorensen
 | 
TEDx Talk

Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel

Kirk Sorensen shows us the liquid fuel thorium reactor -- a way to produce energy that is safer, cleaner and more efficient than current nuclear power.

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