Indian Point Energy Center
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Indian Point Energy Center is a defunct three-unit nuclear power station located in Buchanan, just south of Peekskill, in Westchester County, New York. It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River, ab
Holtec Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) seen from across the Hudson River
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Thorium-based nuclear power
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Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential
Indian Point Energy Center
…1962 and began operations on September 16, 1962. Originally referred to as the Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor, Unit 1 was intended as the first thorium-fueled commercial reactor in the world. The first core used a thorium-based fuel with stainless steel cladding, but this fuel did not live up to expectations…
A sample of thorium
Early thorium-based (MSR) nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1960s