uranium-233

Although not fissile itself, thorium-232 (232Th) will absorb slow neutrons to produce uranium-233 (233U), which is fissile.

Thorium 2009

Then, Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) use this plutonium-based fuel to breed uranium-233 (233U) from thorium, and finally, advanced nuclear power reactors will use the 233U.

Generation IV nuclear reactors 2009

In addition, the tiny Kamini reactor at the Centre is employed to explore the use of thorium as nuclear fuel by breeding fissile uranium-233 (233U).

Advanced nuclear power reactors 2009

LFT reactors transform thorium into fissionable uranium-233, which then produces heat through controlled nuclear fission.

Revolutionary Thorium Reactor - The most environmentally beneficial power source on earth 2009

If the spallation target is surrounded by a blanket assembly of nuclear fuel, such as fissile isotopes of uranium or plutonium (or thorium capable of breeding uranium-233), there is a possibility of sustaining a fission reaction.

Accelerator-driven nuclear energy 2009

It is designed to be self-sustaining in relation to uranium-233 bred from thorium-232 and have a low plutonium inventory and consumption, with slightly negative void coefficient of reactivity.

Advanced nuclear power reactors 2009

HTRs can potentially use thorium-based fuels, such as highly enriched uranium (HEU) with thorium, uranium-233 with thorium, and plutonium with thorium.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

In the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) the fuel is a molten mixture of lithium and beryllium fluoride salts with dissolved enriched uranium, thorium or uranium-233 fluorides.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

HTRs can potentially use thorium-based fuels, such as HEU with thorium (Th), uranium-233 with Th, and plutonium with Th. Most of the experience with thorium fuels has been in HTRs.

Advanced nuclear power reactors 2009

A thorium reactor would work by having Th-232 capture a neutron to become Th-233 which decays to uranium-233, which then fissions.

Accelerator-driven nuclear energy 2009