Copenhagen Atomics first reactor images

Copenhagen Atomics (CA) has started the construction of the first reactor in Copenhagen. By the end of 2022, we will test this reactor with non radioactive salts. The reactor size is 3.5 meter high, 2.4 meter wide and 6 meter long. The footprint is the same as a standard 20 foot shipping container. This is unique because CA has invented a new type of reactors, which are orders of magnitude better than the classic reactors, called light water reactors. The CA reactor is based on thorium, heavy water and molten salt. It can burn nuclear waste and can be mass manufactured. This mark the start of a new era!

#technology #nuclear #engineering

[micheleploeser]

I just Saw your presentation on TED, 7/9/2022. Wow, glad to see you are still developing this technology. Make it happen.

[benjaminlehmann]

I love your work. Inspirational and transformative.

[PaulHigginbothamSr]

I really like your reactor design philosophy. A tank just off the reactor outlet salt to boil off the xenon gas for stable reactor output into an aftercooler to power a super critical co2 turbine for incredibly small 100 megawatt output. Almost as small as a megawatt diesel genset. Then all thats needed is a 5ft thick concrete barrier at the work site for radiation damping with easy access to a waldo crane to change failed pumps and or valves. Using pressurized water reactors waste fuel as the fission source for the molten salt in a fast reactor with a blanket of thorium fuel to attenuate any neutrons before the concrete barrier. The fuel before rentering the reactor sparged with flouride salt to remove uranium and protactinium as a fuel replenishment exercise. The protactinium being tanked to decay to uranium. All other fission products kept in the salt.

[PhilKingstonByron]

Looks fantastic - Well Done. Keep Going!

[Jakob_Nybo]

Great video with valuable of information - not new but video gives an additional element.
Wishing @Copenhagen Atomics luck and good progress.
Looking forward to more videos

[kermitface]

This seems to good to be true. Can it actually be done? If so then your work is absolutly amazing! Good luck.

[Nicknater]

Ngl, this is REALLY cool, if this can be scaled up, it could be game-changing.

[Alxki]

Wishing you every success with this demonstration!

[gerritcoetzee]

ADECSA - Atomic Deproliferation Energy Consortium of South Africa 🇿🇦 has invited Copenhagen Atomics (C.A.) to join in and use SA as testing facility. Hopefully C.A. will react to the invitation and initiate the process.
Communication is key as reliability and trust is build on communications.
Hopefully Thomas Steenbeck will step in and take up the slack.

[petersaxkjaer]

So interesting - Really hope it will work out !

[EricOfBodomMan]

I remember watching the Ted Talk from Thomas back in 2016, very cool to see the progression!

[raneilalonzo]

If you’re looking for a country as a test location for your reactor you may want to contact the Philippine government as their electric-generation capacity is woefully inadequate. They may be open to your technology as a viable solution to their problem.

[JoshuaRPearce_]

Inspiring stuff, keep up the good work!

[BloxyCos]

I saw an advertisement video of this company on a youtube video, and im so amazed

[Ludifant]

Too bad we didn´t get to make the animation, timing wasn´t right for me. But I hope you will get world coverage with this.

[Mrbobinge]

So Thomas, you're gonna have to get into the mining business to extract all that 'buried' spent fuel. Then the next generation will need to mine all *your* 'spent' fuel. Win win.

[watchthe]

the 1950's science fiction "Reactor buried under the house" I kept reading about when I was 12 years old. Denmark now has it's Nokia moment.

[matsv]

So this is a hot test reactor, i guess its electrically heated? But is there also a nuclear test bed. Like a small scale tester?

[BruceConsidine]

I hope those who say they like the idea, but it'll take to long to develop, will see this. If "western" governments were like they were 60 - 100 years ago, there would already be a handful of test reactors, fueled and running.

[mervinmarias]

Big question is, have they sorted out the containment material to handle all of the heat and corrosion that will be taking place? From what I understand that is the main thing holding MSR's back.