Thorium-232 has long been overlooked in the discussion of nuclear energy, but its potential is finally gaining the attention it deserves. In this video, we’ll take you on a journey from the ...

Thorium-232 (the isotope of thorium that most commonly occurs on its own) ... By capturing an extra neutron, however, it can morph into protactinium, which decays into U-233.

The blanket around the core will have uranium as well as thorium, so that further plutonium is produced as well. In stage three, AHWRs burn the uranium-233 from stage two with plutonium and thorium, ...

Thorium boasts several advantages over the conventional nuclear fuel, uranium-235. Thorium can generate more fissile material (uranium-233) than it consumes while fuelling a water-cooled or ...

Although uranium-235 is the typical fuel for commercial fission reactors on account of it being fissile, it’s relatively rare relative to the fertile U-238 and thorium (Th-232).

Thorium-232 (the isotope of thorium that most commonly occurs on its own) ... By capturing an extra neutron, however, it can morph into protactinium, which decays into U-233.

Uranium-233 found in Oak Ridge National Laboratory is being used to develop cancer treatments. ... "The Thorium-229, which is the source of the Actinium — its half-life is 150,000 years.