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What type of power is derived from uranium and thorium?
This power is the nuclear energy from the nuclear fission.
What is available other than uranium?
For the nuclear energy: thorium and plutonium
What elements are commonly used to generate electricity from nuclear energy?
Uranium or Thorium.
Is thorium dioxide in nuclear medicine?
Thorium is not used in nuclear medicine.
Can thorium be used in a nuclear bomb?
Thorium was not used in nuclear weapons.
Nuclear energy pros and cons for kids?
Nuclear energy ! pros- causes almost no green house gasses, & pollution. cons-can cause melt downs.
Which conventional energy resource is available in India in maximum amount?
Coal and Nuclear (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.
Why cant thorium be used as energy to power up individual homes?
Thorium is not a fissile material. And for fissile materials - is impossible to have a nuclear reactor in each home.
Why is nuclear energy a solution to the energy crisis?
Because:Nuclear energy based on nuclear fusion relies on almost unlimited energy primary sources (mainly tritium and deuterium in water).Nuclear energy based on nuclear fission relies on almost unlimited energy primary sources of uranium and thorium; especially when breeders are used.
Is fuel enrichment done for thorium?
No, Thorium is a fertile nuclear material.
What are the advantages of using thorium over nuclear energy?
There are several advantages to a thorium reactor. Detractors have identified some disadvantages. Common advantages cited are:No Greenhouse Gas EmissionsLess fuel usage and less waste productionMore energy per a given mass of fuelNo plutonium or other toxic byproducts createdCheaper to make than coal fired plants once they become more numerousCannot be used to create nuclear weaponsThere is a lot more thorium in the world than uranium
