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Thorium Fuel Cycle - Building nuclear reactors without uranium fuel - cover
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Thorium Fuel Cycle - Building nuclear reactors without uranium fuel

Fouad Sabry

Editora: One Billion Knowledgeable

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Sinopse

What Is Thorium Fuel Cycle
 
The fertile material in the thorium fuel cycle is an isotope of thorium called 232Th, and the thorium fuel cycle itself is a kind of nuclear fuel cycle. Within the reactor, 232Th is converted into the fissile artificial uranium isotope 233U, which is then used as the fuel for the nuclear reactor. Natural thorium, in contrast to natural uranium, only contains minute quantities of fissile material, which is insufficient to kick off a nuclear chain reaction. In order to kickstart the fuel cycle, either more fissile material or an other neutron source is required. 233U is created when 232Th, which is powered by thorium, absorbs neutrons in a reactor. This is analogous to the process that occurs in uranium breeder reactors, in which fertile 238U is subjected to neutron absorption in order to produce fissile 239Pu. The produced 233U either fissions in situ or is chemically removed from the old nuclear fuel and converted into new nuclear fuel, depending on the architecture of the reactor and the fuel cycle. Fissioning in situ is the more efficient method.
 
How You Will Benefit
 
(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:
 
Chapter 1: Thorium fuel cycle
 
Chapter 2: Nuclear reactor
 
Chapter 3: Radioactive waste
 
Chapter 4: Fissile material
 
Chapter 5: Nuclear fuel cycle
 
Chapter 6: MOX fuel
 
Chapter 7: Breeder reactor
 
Chapter 8: Uranium-238
 
Chapter 9: Energy amplifier
 
Chapter 10: Subcritical reactor
 
Chapter 11: Integral fast reactor
 
Chapter 12: Fertile material
 
Chapter 13: Uranium-233
 
Chapter 14: Plutonium-239
 
Chapter 15: Isotopes of uranium
 
Chapter 16: Isotopes of plutonium
 
Chapter 17: Weapons-grade nuclear material
 
Chapter 18: Uranium-236
 
Chapter 19: Burnup
 
Chapter 20: Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
 
Chapter 21: Nuclear transmutation
 
(II) Answering the public top questions about thorium fuel cycle.
 
(III) Real world examples for the usage of thorium fuel cycle in many fields.
 
(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of thorium fuel cycle' technologies.
 
Who This Book Is For
 
Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of thorium fuel cycle.
Disponível desde: 15/10/2022.
Comprimento de impressão: 398 páginas.

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