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The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the front end , which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the service period in which the fuel is used during reactor operation, and steps in the back end , which are necessary to safely ...
English: Diagram of nuclear waste and the nuclear fuel cycle. Date: 31 October 2006: ... Description = Diagram of nuclear waste and the nuclear fuel cycle ...
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 ...
English: This diagram demonstrates the nuclear fuel cycle. Uranium is mined, enriched and manufactured to nuclear fuel which is delivered to a nuclear power plant. After usage in the power plant the spent fuel is delivered to a reprocessing plant or to final repository for permanent storage in a safe place, e. g. inside a rock.
The thorium fuel cycle is a nuclear fuel cycle that uses an isotope of thorium, 232 Th, as the fertile material. In the reactor, 232 Th is transmuted into the fissile artificial uranium isotope 233 U which is the nuclear fuel. Unlike natural uranium, natural thorium contains only trace amounts of fissile material (such as 231 Th
The project would require a 1 million-square-foot nuclear fuel cycle facility and directly employ 1,000 workers. Union sounds off on plans for $4.5 billion advanced nuclear fuel plant near ...
Nuclear fuel process A graph comparing nucleon number against binding energy Close-up of a replica of the core of the research reactor at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Nuclear fuel refers to any substance, typically fissile material, which is used by nuclear power stations or other nuclear devices to generate energy.
The proposed project would require a 1 million-square-foot nuclear fuel cycle facility to be built. The land would be acquired in three phases over six years at a total cost of nearly $27 million ...