Resurgence of Nuclear Energy

At the rate the world's going we'll exhaust our supply of fossil fuels by the end of the century. As much as we'd like to believe otherwise alternative forms such as solar and wind cannot possibly meet current and growing demands for energy.
With catastrophic events surrounding nuclear energy such as Chernobyl, 3-mile Island and more recently Fukushima many would prefer a non-nuclear option. But going that route may be to our detriment. Y'see nuclear is not intrinsically a bad thing...its the design of reactors currently in use that is at issue. Turns out alternative designs existed and some were actually proven viable but simply weren't pursued. Among them was the Thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor(MSR). Over that last couple of years the scientific community had begun to revisit MSR design and its picking up momentum...

Here a 12-minute primer on the topic:


And if that piqued your interest you can go further in depth with this 2-hour documentary (it's awesome!):


Looking forward to see what y'all think of this.