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Energy Freedom - Dr. Ben Heard

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Ben Heard is now Dr. Ben Heard (PhD). He recently spoke at an Australian Libertarian conference (#18) and I watched the official coverage of the talk they'd posted on YouTube... it had no slides. (It was very-much a slide-oriented talk.)

I did think it was a great talk (his talks always are) so I asked Ben if he could send me the slides for a proper edit. That is what you see above.

*** DR. CALDICOTT TRIGGER WARNING ***

The tables showing safety stats are from these 2 sources:

Page 9 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315309340_Risk_Assessment_of_Accidents_Wind_Power_vs_Traditional_Energy_Sources 

Page 28 - http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/36/108/36108753.pdf 

...and Ben has written on the subject of safety too, citing the actuarial studies which he mentions in his talk.

https://decarbonisesa.com/2011/12/22/nuclear-power-a-safe-option/ 

Ben is the founder and executive director of Bright New World. He's working hard to reverse Australia's prohibition against nuclear power.

$2.6 Million to Flibe Energy

DoE Press Release Reads:

Fluorination of Lithium Fluoride-Beryllium Fluoride (FLiBe) Molten Salt  Processing – Flibe Energy (Huntsville, AL) has teamed with Pacific  Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) to examine the use of  nitrogen trifluoride as an agent to remove uranium from a molten-salt  fuel mixture as a preliminary step for the removal of fission products.

DOE Funding: $2,101,982; Non-DOE: $525,500; Total Value: $2,627,482

...so this sure as heck helps put a positive spin on Thorium Remix 2018 narrative! Eventually (hopefully) we can shoot some engaging lab footage and on-camera explanation.