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Could thorium replace uranium in nuclear reactors?(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, February, 2007

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Compared with uranium fuel cycles, thorium as a nuclear fuel produces no plutonium and much less of other transuranic isotopes, says D'Auvergne Brothers Industries of California. DBI has reportedly developed a way to retrieve thorium mechanically, then encapsulate it. This proprietary process eliminates the vast amount of solid waste generated in conventional nuclear fuel cycles when radioactivity contaminates the automated assemblies and other equipment.

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The primary source of the world's thorium is the mineral monazite, which is a phosphate of rare earths and thorium. The ...

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Manufacturing Industry

Could thorium replace uranium in nuclear reactors?(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, February, 2007

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