$begingroup$ @gerdi: as far as I can tell from Wikipedia, (1) thorium fission products are shorter-lived than uranium fission products, so that the radioactivity is no longer highly dangerous after hundreds of years (rather than ten thousand). (2) you get U-233 rather than Pu-239 as an actinide product. This is good because it's easier to convert U-233 into …Web

The fission energy of 233 U is 190 MeV and that of 239 Pu is 200 MeV. If one kilogram of thorium were bred into 233 U, the fission energy available would be 78.9 × 10 12 J thermal (78.9 TJ th).The fission energy in one kilogram of natural uranium, bred to 239 Pu, is 80.4 TJ th.Thus, thorium and uranium are quite similar in maximum energy …Web

The abundance of Th is compared with that of U in the lithosphere crust, mantel and core of the Earth as well as in the hydrosphere. The goal of this paper is to …Web

Uranium, thorium, and rare earth elements (REEs) are important strategic elements in today's world with a range of applications in high and green technology and power generation. The expected increase in demand for U, Th, and REEs in the coming decades also raises a number of questions about their supply risks and potential …Web

Introduction. Uranium and thorium are the only naturally-occurring actinides in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and share many similar properties such as: the order of magnitude of the half-lives of their most abundant isotopes (238 U and 232 Th), their primary modes of radioactive decay, and the high melting points and insolubility in water …Web

There are several advantages of using thorium as a nuclear fuel compared to uranium. Thorium oxide has a higher melting point (3300ᴼC) compared to uranium oxide (2865ᴼC), and thorium oxide has …Web

Thorium 232 is fertile, meaning in the reactor you'll convert it to Uranium 233 with a thermal neutron source, and whatever that is is a different challenge and you might not want that in a carry-on bit of luggage. According to World-nuclear's Thorium(Updated November 2020) those. fissile driver options are U-233, U-235 or Pu-239Web

Australian uranium production will fall by about 30 per cent (approximately 1900 tU p.a.) in the short to medium term due to the cessation of mining at the Ranger mine. All of Australia's domestic production is exported. As of January 2021, new mining is proposed at Boss Energy's Honeymoon project (South Australia).Web

2 Answers. According to wikipedia, there are around 5.5 million tonnes of uranium in ore deposits that are commercially viable at current prices, and perhaps 35 million tonnes that are potentially viable if prices increase. Also according to wikipedia, the Earth's crust (to 25 km depth) contains an estimated 10^14 tonnes (100 trillion tonnes ...Web

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Uranium–thorium dating [edit | edit source]. Uranium–thorium dating is based on the decay of 234 U to 230 Th. . 232 Th is a primordial radioisotope, but 230 Th only occurs as an intermediate decay product in the decay chain of 238 U.. Uranium–thorium dating is a relatively short-range process because of the short half …Web

majority of samples, concentrations of uranium fall in the range from slightly below 1 to 4 parts per million (ppm). Similar uranium concentrations are found in a vari-ety of common rocks and soils, as indicated in figure 2. Coals with more than 20 ppm uranium are rare in the United States. Thorium concentrations in coal fall within a similarWeb

Price - Chart - Historical Data - News. Uranium prices in the US surged past $82 per pound for the first time since January 2008, soaring past pre-Fukushima disaster levels as high demand was met with increasing supply risks. The US lower house passed a bill to ban the import of nuclear fuel from Russia, the world's top producer of enriched ...Web

Isotopes of uranium and thorium, lead-210, and polonium-210 in the lungs of coal miners of Appalachia and the lungs and livers of residents of central Ohio. Energy Res Abstr 11:4090. *Gilman JPW, Rucker GM. 1962. Metal carcinogenesis. I. Observations on the carcinogenicity of a refinery dust, cobalt oxide and colloidal thorium dioxide.Web

Thorium: A Powerhouse of Potential. Thorium, a naturally occurring element, holds the key to a future where energy is abundant, affordable, and environmentally friendly. Unlike traditional uranium ...Web

Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive element that has been identified as a potential alternative fuel for nuclear energy production. Additionally, thorium-based nuclear reactors have inherent safety features that reduce the risk of nuclear accidents and proliferation. As a result, there has been growing interest in the development of thorium …Web

Th-U (Thorium-Uranium) The Th-U phase diagram in [Masslski2] was redrawn from [ 1985Pet ], which was based on experimental phase boundary data reported by [ 1950Car ], [ 1958Ben ], [ 1958Mur ], and [ 1972Bad ]. Figure 1 shows the Th-U phase diagram calculated by [ 2009Li] based on the same data set as used in the evaluation by …Web

Thorium is a naturally occurring, slightly radioactive element. It is widely distributed in nature with an average concentration of 10.5 ppm Th in the upper earth's crust. In general, thorium occurs in …Web

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. When refined, uranium is a silvery-white metal. Uranium has three primary naturally occurring isotopes isotopesA form of an element that has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons in the nucleus, giving it a different atomic mass. For …Web

Ores that contain uranium, thorium, or any combination thereof, at one-twentieth of one percent (0.05 percent) or more by weight are source material. Where does source material come from? Source material includes most uranium and thorium ores and product resulting from the mining and milling processes. Source material can also be …Web

Thorium as a nuclear fuel. Thorium (Th-232) is not itself fissile and so is not directly usable in a thermal neutron reactor. However, it is 'fertile' and upon absorbing a neutron will transmute to uranium-233 (U-233) a, which is an excellent fissile fuel material b. In this regard it is similar to uranium-238 (which transmutes to plutonium ...Web

Uranium, thorium, and potassium have geochemical properties similar to those of calcium and rare earth elements. So ores of rare earth elements and metals, and in some circumstances, travertine can be radioactive due to the substitution of naturally radioactive atoms for similarly sized stable atoms.Web

Uranium–thorium dating [edit | edit source]. Uranium–thorium dating is based on the decay of 234 U to 230 Th. . 232 Th is a primordial radioisotope, but 230 Th …Web

Uraninit hay Pitchblend. Autunit khoáng vật urani thứ sinh được đặt theo tên của thị trấn Autun, France. Torbernit, khoáng vật urani thứ sinh quan trọng. Khoáng vật quặng nguyên sinh là uraninit (UO 2) hay pitchblend (UO 3, U 2 O 5 ), thường được thu thập ở dạng U 3 O 8 (dạng ổn định nhất ...Web

Thorium, like uranium, survives on Earth because it has isotopes with long half-lives, such as the predominant one, thorium-232, whose half life is 14 billion years. Glossary. Atomic radius, non-bonded Half of the distance between two unbonded atoms of the same element when the electrostatic forces are balanced. These values were determined ...Web

What is Uranium-Thorium Dating? U-Th dating is an analytical method used to date calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) bearing …Web

Uranium Mineral Systems. To assure adequate uranium to supply electricity from nuclear power, the US Geological Survey is working to better understand the genetic controls, distribution, and quantities of domestic uranium. Because of the heavy reliance on imported uranium, scientists also lead international groups of uranium resource experts …Web

Thorium exists almost entirely as 232 Th which has a half-life of 14 050 million years. From its natural state, 232 Th decays through a number of stages to eventually form 208 Pb, which is stable.The main difference is that thorium is far less mobile than uranium in oxidising surface conditions (Mernagh and Miezitis, 2008).Web

The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide public health officials, physicians, toxicologists, and other interested individuals and groups with an overall perspective on the toxicology of thorium. It contains descriptions and evaluations of toxicological studies and epidemiological investigations and provides conclusions, where possible, on the …Web

In recent years, there has been renewed and additional interest in thorium because of: (i) the intrinsic proliferation resistance of thorium fuel cycle due to the presence of 232U …Web

Geographically uranium and thorium report covers: World; Countries; Timeframe of uranium and thorium report: Present situation; Historical background; Ten-year forecast; Global uranium and thorium market …Web

It can. However, the decay chain also include Uranium 232, so you always get a mix of Uranium 233 and 232 when using thorium to generate fuel. Uranium 232 is a gamma emitter, and gamma radiation is easy to detect from long distances. Uranium 232 is also very difficult to handle because it is a gamma emitter.Web

Thorium boasts several advantages over the conventional nuclear fuel, uranium-235. Thorium can generate more fissile material (uranium-233) than it consumes while …Web

Uranium–thorium dating is based upon the ratios between three nuclides in the 238U decay chain: U, 234U, and 230 Th. Carbonates precipitated from natural waters contain appreciable concentrations of U, but negligible concentrations of Th. With time, 230 Th in-grows through the decay of its parent isotope, 234U. The degree of in-growth is theWeb

Also called: uranium-thorium-lead dating, method of establishing the time of origin of a rock by means of the amount of common lead it contains; common lead is any lead from a rock or mineral that contains a large amount of lead and a small amount of the radioactive progenitors of lead—i.e., the uranium isotopes uranium-235 and uranium-238 ...Web

Radon is a radioactive gas that is released from the normal decay of the elements uranium, thorium, and radium in rocks and soil. The invisible, odorless gas seeps up through the ground and diffuses into the air. In a few areas, depending on local geology, radon dissolves into ground water and can be released into the air when the water is used.Web