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  2. Thorium-based nuclear power - Wikipedia

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    A sample of thorium. 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 advantages over a uranium fuel cycle [Note 1] —including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced ...

  3. Liquid fluoride thorium reactor - Wikipedia

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    A two fluid reactor that has thorium in the fuel salt is sometimes called a "one and a half fluid" reactor, or 1.5 fluid reactor. [26] This is a hybrid, with some of the advantages and disadvantages of both 1 fluid and 2 fluid reactors. Like the 1 fluid reactor, it has thorium in the fuel salt, which complicates the fuel processing.

  4. Molten-salt reactor - Wikipedia

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    Much of their work culminated with the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). MSRE was a 7.4 MW th test reactor simulating the neutronic "kernel" of a type of epithermal thorium molten salt breeder reactor called the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). The large (expensive) breeding blanket of thorium salt was omitted in favor of neutron ...

  5. Thorium fuel cycle - Wikipedia

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    The thorium fuel cycle has several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle, including thorium's greater abundance, superior physical and nuclear properties, reduced plutonium and actinide production, [1] and better resistance to nuclear weapons proliferation when used in a traditional light water reactor [1] [2] though not in a molten ...

  6. Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment - Wikipedia

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    It was a test reactor simulating the neutronic "kernel" of a type of inherently safer epithermal thorium breeder reactor called the liquid fluoride thorium reactor. It primarily used two fuels: first uranium-235 and later uranium-233. The latter 233 UF 4 was the result of breeding from thorium in other reactors. Since this was an engineering ...

  7. Accelerator-driven subcritical reactor - Wikipedia

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    It could use thorium as a fuel, which is more abundant than uranium. [1] The neutrons needed for sustaining the fission process would be provided by a particle accelerator producing neutrons by spallation or photo-neutron production. These neutrons activate the thorium, enabling fission without needing to make the reactor critical.

  8. Advanced heavy-water reactor - Wikipedia

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    The advanced heavy-water reactor (AHWR) or AHWR-300 is the latest Indian design for a next-generation nuclear reactor that burns thorium in its fuel core. It is slated to form the third stage in India's three-stage fuel-cycle plan. [1] This phase of the fuel cycle plan was supposed to be built starting with a 300 MWe prototype in 2016. [2]

  9. Integral Molten Salt Reactor - Wikipedia

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    All the primary components, heat exchangers, pumps etc. are positioned inside the reactor vessel. The reactor’s integrated architecture avoids the use of external piping for the fuel that could leak or break. The piping external to the reactor vessel contain two additional salt loops in series: a secondary, nonradioactive coolant salt ...