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 history of ...

Thorium reactors could revolutionize clean energy with safer designs, abundant fuel, and less nuclear waste. As Copenhagen ...

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). Using either … ...

Thorium-232, the only naturally occurring isotope of thorium, is a fissionable material but not a fissile one, meaning that it needs high-energy neutrons to undergo fission — the splitting of atomic ...

Thorium fuel may be useful for future Generation IV reactor designs, including advanced MSRs that would use natural and/or depleted uranium with its fissile U-235 content to “denature” fertile thorium ...

Thorium-232 is the only naturally occurring thorium isotope, but it is fissionable rather than fissile. This means it needs high-energy neutrons to undergo fission ...

Thorium-232 (the isotope of thorium that most commonly occurs on its own) is not capable of undergoing fission by itself. By capturing an extra neutron, however, it can morph into protactinium ...

Thorium-232 (the isotope of thorium that most commonly occurs on its own) is not capable of undergoing fission by itself. By capturing an extra neutron, however, it can morph into protactinium ...