DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Thorium Fuel Cycle: Emerging Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report is one in a series of three that discuss emerging ...

While plutonium is not created in a thorium fuel cycle, the uranium-233 that is created also can be incorporated into nuclear weapons. Moreover, even though plutonium is not created, ...

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

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 ...

However, there are ways to use thorium to create fissile materials suitable for fuel. Thorium-232 is the only naturally occurring thorium isotope, but it is fissionable rather than fissile.

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.

Now China wants to use a similar design to build a nuclear future upon thorium fuel rather than uranium fuel. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

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