# Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxYYC
- Speaker: Kirk Sorensen
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/kirk_sorensen_thorium_an_alternative_nuclear_fuel)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/kirk_sorensen_thorium_an_alternative_nuclear_fuel/777cbc81c8b3), 10 min (TED's player)