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There are several advantages to a thorium reactor. Detractors have identified some disadvantages. Common advantages cited are:
- No Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Less fuel usage and less waste production
- More energy per a given mass of fuel
- No plutonium or other toxic byproducts created
- Cheaper to make than coal fired plants once they become more numerous
- Cannot be used to create nuclear weapons
- There is a lot more thorium in the world than uranium
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThorium can be used as a fertile material in nuclear reactors; from thorium is obtained uranium-233 a fissile material.
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What energy do nuclear power plants convert nuclear energy to?
Nuclear power plants convert nuclear energy to electrical.sometimes it can be used to enrich radioactive nuclei which can later used in missile warheads. But using thorium as a source of nuclear power we can't enrich nuclei but we can use for electrical power generation which might have more energy than former
What are the advantages of using nuclear fission for generating electriciy?
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What are the advantages of using the nuclear energy?
It's cheap and quick to use Nuclear means. Though it isn't exactly the best for the environment...
What would be the advantages in using nuclear fusion to supply our energy needs in the future?
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When did the us start using nuclear energy?
The USA started using nuclear energy in 1951
What is a limiting factor for using nuclear energy?
There are quite a few limiting factors for using nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is very expensive to produce for example.
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
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.
How is uranium used in a power plant?
Yes, they import it and put it in the reactor core where rods slow down the energy given off then it turns a generator which creates power
If uranium was to run out what other sources are available to replace it?
AnswerProbably the nuclear fusion AnswerThere are a number of reactor designs based on using thorium, and fuel assemblies using thorium as a primary fuel can be designed and built to be used in existing reactors.
What is the issue of using nuclear energy in spacecrafts and satellites?
Nuclear energy provides energy, not a push of motion.
When is nuclear energy going to run out?
Estimates on uranium resources vary from a few decades to a hundred years or more. The use of the material can be extended by recycling and processing, or by using newer technology. Thorium has not been used for nuclear power, but could be. There is enough thorium to power the world, at current levels of demand, for several thousand years at least. There are also thorium power technologies that give promise of producing very little waste, and possibly even of consuming the old nuclear waste and rendering it inert.
