Bronowski probably would have approved of the LFTR

Bronowski was a friend of Leó Szilárd, who was Eugene Wigner's closest friend.   Szilárd was a collaborator and friend of Einstein, who convinced FDR to approve the Manhattan Project.   According to Kirk Sorensen, without Wigner, the Manhattan Project may not have been successful.  Wigner believed the molten salt reactor was a better design than the solid fuel reactor.  In other words, Wigner was a pretty smart guy and knew the smartest people in the world at that time.  It is therefore not a stretch to see how this type of reactor would have met Bronowski's approval.  In fact, the ending of the Molten Salt Reactor Program at Oak Ridge occurred just before Bronowski's death.  This may have been one of the factors, along with the end of the Apollo Program, that led to his warning.

Here's Sorensen discussing his history and the history of the Molten Salt Reactor. The relevant parts here were discussed in the first 30 minutes of the video.



Update:

Kardashevian Aspirations: Thorium Energy Alliance: A short update on that post recently, which has some actionable material in it, just in case you wanted to, you know, DO SOMETHING. Well, ...

Seaborg and Weinberg are in this post along with Pres Kennedy.  Weinberg invented the light water reactor and the molten salt reactor.  He was fired for expressing concerns about safety of the light water reactors, and was a strong advocate of the molten salt reactors.  The molten salt reactor technology was forgotten.

It was Wigner who sold Weinberg on the idea of the molten salt reactors.  What this means is that the finest scientific minds wanted this technology to succeed because they recognized the significance of its advantages, and the need for the benefits of this technology.