We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...
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The nuclear fuel we ignored for decades
Thorium is often described as a cleaner safer alternative to traditional nuclear fuel, but the reality is more complex. While ...
Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled its KUN-24AP containership at the Marintec China Expo in Shanghai in early December of 2023, the internet has been abuzz about it. Not just ...
Maharashtra is advancing plans to build India's first commercial thorium-based nuclear power plants, a significant shift in the nation's energy strategy ...
The second stage uses this plutonium in fast breeder reactors to multiply fuel and prepare the ground for the final phase — ...
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Could Thorium Offer Long-Term Potential As A Nuclear Energy Source?
Nuclear energy is a controversial subject for many people. Although traditional nuclear energy, derived from uranium or ...
Now that we can access uranium from the international market, the thermal reactor capacity is on a growth path. This scale-up ...
- The waste products from a thorium reactor are far less dangerous than those of a uranium reactor - The thorium fuel can be made into some kind of gel-like substance that is essentially its own ...
The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the Shanghai Institute of Applied ...
In 1980, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observed that protactinium, a chemical element generated in thorium reactors, could be separated and allowed to decay to isotopically pure ...
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