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
A sample of thorium
Early thorium-based (MSR) nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1960s
Molten-salt reactor
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A molten-salt reactor is a class of nuclear fission reactor in which the primary nuclear reactor coolant and/or the fuel is a mixture of molten salt with a fissile material.
Thorium-based nuclear power
…interest in proliferation-resistant fuel cycles. Nuclear scientists Ralph W. Moir and Edward Teller suggested in 2005 that research on thorium-fueled molten-salt reactors should be restarted after a three-decade shutdown and that a small prototype plant should be built. Other countries have made commercial plans for…
Aircraft Reactor Experiment building at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It was later retrofitted for the MSRE.