Alternate title “Sam shits on uranium for 4 and a half minutes”

You forgot the most important part: Uranium is named after Uranus, a name that gets constantly ridiculed by schoolchildren; Thorium was named after Thor, the badass lightning god.

For anyone wondering why thorium hasn’t always been used, the US decided to research and develop Uranium reactors mainly because they are easier for Nuclear bombs and if they were using and researching uranium for nukes it would be easier to use uranium reactors rather than thorium reactors. If you were looking for reasons to get rid of nukes, a more efficient energy source is a reason.

After deeply thinking on this subject of whether Thorium reactors are possible, I have concluded that pushing some cripples is the best we can do as a collective.

Thorium isn't crippled, he just needs a hype man.

Also, waste from thorium reactors is safe after just 300 years, instead of 100K.

As someone who worked on a nuclear reactor you did pretty good on your info, the only thing I will say is that relative to what people think, nuclear power plants make WAY less waste than you actually think, and at least within the navy, there are practices put in place to attempt to minimize nuclear waste generation just because its such a hassle to deal with.

Fun fact, lots of vintage Camera lenses get a yellow tint over the years due to the Thorium coatings

Sam O'nella: * Makes Video about why thorium is better than uranium * Uranium: "Okay, BUT CAN YOU DO T H I S!" * levels an entire city *

"So this is amazing for creating energy" "But can it kill people?" "Uh no" "Well get out of my sight."

I had an 45 min long presentation about the advantages of nuclear power over fossil fuels like coal or oil that my country (Germany) so heavily relies on, while hating nuclear power. Turns out all my co students had to say:" so you are a slave of nuclear power lobby or what?" And "but how do you personally stand on the matter" or why I didn't speak more negative about it. My whole presentation and scientific research paper was about how public misconceptions exist and what hard facts actually show us. That seemed to have went straight over there head I guess😂

I used this for a science project on why thorium kicked ass. I got a 100 plus extra credit for determining sources and making facts that could actually be used in the unit after that project.

Me: Can we get some Thorium? Mom: We have Thorium at home. Thorium at home: Uranium.

i knew i made the right choice buying $2000 worth of Thorium from that alley guy, thanks Sam-O-Nella

Literally the fucking magical alien power-source type rock in sci-fi, only instead of being rare, it’s *more common* than competitors.

my grandad works on nuclear plants using thorium and they work really well. a couple towns in indonesia currently run off a single one built by that company

God, I sure do wish that I could release deadly radon gas when I didn’t want to wake up

I remember my chemistry teacher showing this video in class. This was how I was introduced to Sam O'Nella.

It really bothers me just how much fear there still is about nuclear power. Most people don't even understand what radiation is and how it works.

My teacher downloaded this, edited it and played it to the class. Good day

Instructions unclear, Accidentally burned poor cripple

Me: "Then why aren't we using it?" Sam: "It can't be turned into a weapon." Me: "Ah okay, that explains it."

the "most replayed" graph thing perfectly points out where exactly the weird frame is

after 6 years this is still the first result for the search term "thorium"

“lets start with mining” No, you have to start with punching trees.

“Powerful clean reliable. And if things go wrong at the end of the day you can still kick it’s ass” that’s it. That’s how the founders envisioned America.

I just used this video as one of the sources for an environmental science paper I had to write lmao

SEVEN YEARS THIS HAS BEEN OUT, I HAVE REWATCHED THIS VIDEO MORE THAN 5 TIMES, AND ONLY TODAY DID I NOTICE THE PUN IN THE TITLE

US government and Russian government: “Give me the Uranium.” *Presents Thorium* “No! I don’t want that!”

I love how in the tags instead of putting tags like Thorium or nuclear accidents, he puts tags like adhd, jaegar bombs, ben and jerrys and kendrick lamar.

Since Sam has returned I'm returning to all his vids and they're just as good as I remember

Mr. Krabs sold Spongebob's soul for 62 cents.

I've tried 4 years to be thorium. And I'm still uranium.

As a kid with ADHD I can relate to uranium on a deep and personal level.

Sending this to my state representatives

There is one major inaccuracy in this video: thorium, as you said, is fertile and has to be turned into *Uranium-233* by running it through a nuclear reactor before it can be used as fuel. So 1. You're turning the thorium into an isotope of uranium in order to get power out of it, and 2. Uranium-233 can and has been used to make nuclear weapons.

Thorium is one of the best mods, especially paired with Calamity

Earlier was confused wether to buy uranium or thorium now will definitely go for thorium!

crazy how entertaining and informative this is. sam is the best teacher ngl

I watched this last night and my roommate put on Skinwalker Ranch today. So many of their phenomenons are explained here. Just wanted to say thanks for the education and the show is hilarious now.

You know the radiation is bad when wolverine has 4 claws

At last, a video the politicians can understand.

Side note Thorium reactors require a lot more work and precision when it comes to the manufacturing of the rods needed. Sure, the energy benefits are enormous, but you need to be careful otherwise you will get a harmful gamma ray burst.

Also you can make last even longer with a thermian shell. Causes the neutron particles to bounce back at the cell giving them a chance to merge with another molecule that has lost one of it neutrons.

Me: reads title as "Why Thorium sucks" me: is confused for 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

Thorium is currently living a successful life as a lawyer and has a wife, 3 kids, house with a white picket fence, and a golden retriever named buddy. He volunteers at the local soup kitchen every weekend, goes to church, and is paying for his kids to go to college. Edit: thank you guys for my best comment on KZfaq

I legit used this for a presentation on my college level English class and I got an a

As the BIG Peter Griffin said: WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THIS??

i used this as a source for my chemistry hw and got max points, thanks Sam for saving my academical life and my ha ha funny life as well

Bonus points for having “Thor” in the name.

I love your way of explaining complex topics

This is my first experience with this channel and i am gonna click on every video of your's.

Sam O’Nella: says Iran *once* KZfaq recommendations: Everyone Needs To See This

"Uranium sucks, it's kinda like that kid with ADHD." *Cries Inside*

how did this guy from years ago teach me more about Thorium in 4 minutes than a video from a few months ago that is 23:46 in length

Thank you for giving me inspiration for a school paper a couple years ago! Just revisited this video~

Nuclear power is the way forward. You can’t be a proactive environmentalist without considering nuclear energy

*watching video* "Thorium is so much better than uranium, why don't the Americans use it as nuclear fuel?" 3:51 "oooh that's why"

5 years later and we're still waiting for a lot of thorium reactors to be made

I’m writing a paper on nuclear energy and I’m quoting this video for a large majority of said paper, wish me luck.

Excuse me but there is a huge lack of Thor puns.

You should have made plutonium stand beneath thorium acting as thoriums missing leg. That would've been funny

I refuse to believe this was posted in 2016. I remember watching it the day he uploaded 😵‍💫

My physics teacher played this video in class as part of our power production unit

I may end up sending this to my uncle who reposted a video "thorium: a rock no one needs"

"Well, Thorium is pimpin in that regard too"

You’ve convinced me to pick a side for a debate I didn’t even know existed.

This video saved my science assignment, Thank You!

The thing is, Thorium isn't new. When nuclear reactor was first introduced Uranium was chosen precisely because it's by-product is essential to nuclear weapon. Back then where coal and oil are still the major source of energy the purpose of nuclear plant really was just needed to help making bombs.

Honestly, if school teachers taught classes like this it would probably lead to an increase in grades, student productivity and kids actually wanting to go to school. It's entertaining and educational.

Thorium also has a great refractive index so its fantastic to make camera optics with it

I’d never thought I would use this information.. but turns out.. I have to write an essay on Thorium.. thanks Sam for being there before I knew I needed you

Wow thorium is such a cool dude

"Thorium not weaponizable" *tapes thorium on a stick and beats people over the head*

thank you. using a shit ton of this info for my huge chem project due tomorrow that i just started tonight. you’re a good man.

this will help tremendously for my project thank you

I have presented this video in multiple consultations with energy holding groups... suffice to say that none have made a switch but one power plant changed it's front door locks so I can't keep going back talking about Thorium

India's entire nuclear energy program is geared towards producing nuclear energy from Thorium instead of Uranium. The only big issue is, as Sam mentioned, Plutonium. That's why current gen 'Fast Breeder' reactors are being developed, so that they can make enough Plutonium out of the conventional Uranium reactions. And as far as I have seen, India is the only country that is taking Thorium based nuclear energy seriously. It's really a fascinating thing to read about.

DID THIS CRIPLE BEATER JUST CALL ME URANIUM????

Also, Three Mile Island had a death toll of... zero. That also includes zero excess deaths from any cause, including aftereffects of contamination.

China is the only country right now developing Thorium reactors. Apparently the reason I read that no other country does it is because since the technology is so different from traditional nuclear reactors that the regulatory agencies don't know how to regulate new plants and say that they are safe. I have no idea how true or not that is, but props to China for developing one of the most promising power sources on earth. Last I read they are making a mini LFTR and if it is successful they will scale up the size through a few generations until they have a full size plant.

This seems like one of those channels that should have like a million subs why doesn't it

2:40 cool forgotten scene for like, one frame here

thoriums so good that there was even a terraria mod named after them

This video and 30 minutes of research got me 100% on my ELA final

Also if you put Thorium on a stick you can shoot cool magic bolts

Sometimes I look back on these videos and think about how much I miss him

Copied this for my 5th grade presentation and forgot to cut out the swear words. Best trip to the principals office ever.

Cold War-era governments (including ours) backed uranium-based reactors because they produced plutonium - handy for making nuclear weapons. And now its very expensive to switch to thorium. That's why most nuclear power plants use uranium for those of you wondering.

one thing to note is that depleted uranium is great for tank armor.

Even 3 Mile Island wasn't something to worry about. Kyle Hill's video is a great documentary about its effects, but really it released virtually no significant radiation.

I cited this video in my end-of-high-school research paper and got a 90

Using this as my main source for info for my 2500 Word Essay lmao.

I used this video alone for a chemistry project. The result? Well... All I can say is thanks.

Sam has enriched my education level much more than my entire high school did, even though through, no fault of my own, I failed two years.

Huh, I wonder why this suddenly got recommended? I was hoping it's because Sam came back, but not yet. _Not yet..._

My name is Thorium. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.

0:31 "He's a lot like uranium, just a lot more chill" Turns Thorium the color of supercritical plutonium.

Hey kids, I'm from 5 years in the future and I learned something new today. Thanks Sam O'nella

every time the topic of clean energy comes up in my life I think of this video