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Thorium is not a promising candidate for lunar mining.
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Thorium is the one to watch — incredibly plentiful and there are safe reactor designs running right now.
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Thorium is used as a fertile material for producing nuclear fuel.
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I agree with DaveH on the nuclear, Thorium is THE nuclear fuel of the future.
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- Thorium is over 50 times more abundant in the soil as compared to Uranium 235 (it’s about 2/3s as common as lead.) - No need to enrich certain isotopes
Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil 2010
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By comparison, there is an alternative called "Thorium", which produces much smaller quantities of transuranic elements, and these are readily separated in the liquid reactors being proposed.
Linda Bergthold: Fukushima Nuclear Reactors in Japan: A Report From Tokyo Linda Bergthold 2011
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Thorium, which is more plentiful in nature than uranium, will therefore probably play a role as a basic material in the production of atomic energy.
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Thorium, which is much more plentiful than uranium.
unknown title 2009
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Thorium nuclear batteries are supposed to be the best, new green way to make power.
Lee Schneider: Will We See Nuclear Progress in Japan? Lee Schneider 2011
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Thorium nuclear batteries are supposed to be the best, new green way to make power.
Lee Schneider: Will We See Nuclear Progress in Japan? Lee Schneider 2011
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