Danish innovator Copenhagen Atomics has secured a major financial endorsement from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to ...

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Economics: The thorium fuel cycle has not progressed to the point where direct economic comparisons with the proven uranium fuel cycle are useful. Substantial research remains to demonstrate ...

Experimental fuel capsules being staged at the Advanced Test Reactor. Source: Clean Core Thorium Energy A ...

The thorium fuel cycle also produces less long-lived radioactive waste compared to the uranium and plutonium cycle, which potentially makes it much more environmentally friendly too.

Known as the thorium fuel cycle, this process was once earmarked for far more intensive studies than what eventually transpired. The world's first practical thorium-derived fission reactor was ...

The appeal of this metal is its potential to be a more abundant and efficient substitute for uranium, the dominant nuclear fuel. However, using thorium for energy production is not without challenges, ...

Idaho National Lab partners with Clean Core to test a new thorium-based nuclear fuel that may improve safety, cut waste, and ...

The thorium fuel cycle also produces less long-lived radioactive waste compared to the uranium and plutonium cycle, which potentially makes it much more environmentally friendly too.

The U.S. chose uranium for nuclear fuel in part because the material that can be used to produce nuclear weapons is difficult to extract from thorium.