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Yes, we can get more electricity from thorium, if you are asking about the supply.
When 232Th is used in a nuclear reactor, it is bred to become 233U. This isotope of uranium has about as much energy available as 235U, so the amount of energy per fission event is about the same for thorium as it is for uranium.
Aside from that, however, there are important differences. Thorium does not need to be enriched, so all of it can be used. The amount of thorium we have is a multiple of the amount of uranium. The combination means that, where we only have a few decades supply of uranium, we have enough thorium to last thousands of years.
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How many fewer protons are found in thorium than uranium?
Thorium: 90 protons Uranium: 92 protons
Which minerals have radon in them?
[Radon_is_found_in_all_kinds_of_rocks_everywhere]Radon exist in rocks containing uranium or thorium.
What does uranium and thorium help?
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Into what elements does uranium 235 decay?
Thorium 231
What is Radioactive decay of Uranium-235?
alpha, to Thorium-231
How many fewer protons are found in thorium than uranium?
Thorium: 90 protons Uranium: 92 protons
What group are uranium and thorium in?
Uranium and thorium are in the actinoids family.
What is better for dating a sample about 1 million years old uranium-235 or thorium-232?
Thorium-232.
What is available other than uranium?
For the nuclear energy: thorium and plutonium
Which minerals have radon in them?
[Radon_is_found_in_all_kinds_of_rocks_everywhere]Radon exist in rocks containing uranium or thorium.
Does radon have uranium in it?
Uranium and thorium minerals contain radon.
What is the alternative of uranium?
Alternatives for uranium may be plutonium and thorium.
How thourium woksrks?
Thorium is abundant than uranium in nature. It can be used to generate power.
Radon is found in all kinds of rocks everywhere.?
Radon exist in rocks containing uranium or thorium.
What does uranium and thorium help?
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What are the top 4 reasons for developing thorium technology?
1. Thorium is more abundant than uranium. 2. Thorium is not so expensive as uranium. 3. Countries without uranium but with thorium reserves have the possibility to build nuclear reactors. 4. Natural thorium has only one isotope; enrichment is not necessary. 5. Thorium can't be used in nuclear weapons. 6. The specific activity of thorium is very low. 7. The physical properties of ThO2 are superior to the properties of UO2. 8. The nuclear properties of thorium are suitable for a nuclear fertile material.
Why mass of uranium destroys when it breaks into platinum and then into thorium?
- After alpha disintegration the isotope uranium-238 is transformed in the isotope thorium-234. - After alpha disintegration the isotope uranium-235 is transformed in the isotope thorium-230. Platinum is a misspelling ?
