Uranium-233
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Uranium-233 is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated for use in nuclear weapons and as a reactor fuel. It has been
Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
Shippingport Atomic Power Station
German THTR-300
The first detonation of a nuclear bomb that included U-233, on 15 April 1955
Fast-neutron reactor
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A fast-neutron reactor or fast-spectrum reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons, as opposed to slow thermal
Uranium-233
…types, and is proposed as a fuel for several new designs (see thorium fuel cycle), all of which breed it from thorium. Uranium-233 can be bred in either fast reactors or thermal reactors, unlike the uranium-238-based fuel cycles which require the superior neutron economy of a fast reactor in order to breed plutonium…
The BN-350 reactor was also used for desalination of sea water.
Superphénix 5
Clementine reactor cross section
RORSAT by Ronald C. Wittmann, 1982