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Will thorium powered reactors be built?
Yes, thorium was used as a fertile material in nuclear reactors.
Will thorium fueled reactors be built in the US?
Today any thorium reactor exist in USA.
Fuel for nucleur reactors?
Uranium, plutonium or thorium (for fission reactors, by far the most common type).
What type of a resource is Thorium?
Thorium is a fertile material for nuclear power reactors. But at a long therm is non-renewable.
How will thorium be used in the future?
Thorium will be probable in the future very important as fertile material in nuclear breeder power reactors.
Is thorium used in nuclear reactors?
Not as fuel, but it can be used in breeder reactors as breeding material to make fissile Uranium-233.
What can be found on the moon that can be used for nuclear reactors?
There may be Radium, Thorium, Uranium or even Plutonium which can be used in nuclear reactors.
What are two elements used in nuclear reactors?
Uranium, and plutonium. (And, to a lessor degree, thorium.)
Why thorium is not used as fuel in nuclear reactors?
Thorium is and can be used as a fuel in nuclear reactors. It just happens to be not fissile, so it needs a neutron flux to create Uranium-233, which is fissile. There are pros and cons of using Thorium. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
Where is thorium based nuclear power plants?
Only India has nuclear power reactors with thorium in operation: Kaiga, Rajasthan, Kaprakar. Bravo Indians, all before !
What is a type of resource?
Thorium is a fertile material for nuclear power reactors. But at a long therm is non-renewable.
What is the chemical element of thorium?
Thorium: natural chemical element, metal, solid, radioactive, actinoids family, period 7, atomic number 90, used in breeder reactors, etc.
