and sustainable energy fresh water and fuels . categorieshome company board of advisors technology introduction liquid fluoride reactors thorium fuel cycle flibrary attributes products media myths vs. facts energy landscape investors contact information flibe energy inc. po box 5952 huntsville alabama usa 35814 info flibe energy.com our technology and vision flibe energy is developing liquid fluoride thorium reactor lftr technology to access the energies of the element thorium earth s most abundant energy dense natural resource . fission of one atom of nuclear fuel releases over one million times more energy than burning of any hydrocarbon or other fuel molecule . with lftr technology 6 600 tons of thorium could provide the energy equivalent of the annual global consumption of 5 billion tons of coal 31 billion barrels of oil 3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and 65 000 tons of uranium . the key to efficient safe and sustainable use of thorium is liquid fuel particularly including a combination of lithium fluoride lif and beryllium fluoride bef2 salts often called f li be . liquid flibe is ideal for nuclear reactor operation and chemical processing as it is unaffected by neutrons or radiation and is chemically stable . flibe salts have tremendous heat capacity with over 1000 degrees of liquid range to transfer large amounts of thermal energy at low pressures enabling more efficient electricity generation with a more compact and safer form of nuclear reactor . lftr technology is scalable from small 10 50 megawatt reactors that could be used in remote locations up to utility scale 250 megawatt reactors that could be arrayed for multi gigawatt installations . with lftr the thorium fuel cycle can generate significantly less mining waste and many orders of magnitude less long term byproduct waste than conventional solid uranium fueled energy generation . lftr is based on demonstrated technologies with sound operational fundamentals proven by 20 000 hours of molten salt reactor operation . lftr operates at low pressure offering greater safety and at high temperature offering greater efficiency with greatly reduced environmental impact relative to conventional reactors . copyright flibe energy 2016 . all rights reserved powered by wordpress hackz webmaster ellis benus web design columbia mo