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Why cant thorium be used as energy to power up individual homes?
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∙ 9y ago
Thorium is not a fissile material. And for fissile materials - is impossible to have a nuclear reactor in each home.
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∙ 9y ago
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Why cant homeowners use thorium to use as energy to power up individual homes and stay off the power grid?
Thorium is not a fissile material; and also is dangerous and expensive to have a nuclear reactor in each home.
What type of power is derived from uranium and thorium?
This power is the nuclear energy from the nuclear fission.
What is the use of wind power?
to get energy for homes and other structure's.
Where do homes get energy from?
some homes get energy from the sun which activates the power to the whole house But not when its dark and rainy! It's called solar powering. Solar:Sun
What is used for magnetic energy?
Magnetic energy is now being used to power some homes.
What country known for oktoberfest power their homes with energy from the wind?
Germany
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
Is residential solar power used very often?
Yes, solar power energy is used quite often. More and more homes are selling faster that use the solar energy vs electric energy. The homes that use the solar energy have more value to them than with electric energy.
Can solar energy be in homes and businesses?
Yes, it is actually advised that we use solar energy to save power.
How many homes can a giga watt power?
A gigawatt can power approximately 700,000 homes, depending on the energy consumption of each home.
Can wind energy alone power a home?
Sure, it can. There are some homes in the tropics that don't have any power.
What type of a resource is Thorium?
Thorium is a fertile material for nuclear power reactors. But at a long therm is non-renewable.
