4h04m25s19f Thorium Steps to U-233 - Best Fuel in Thermal-Spectrum - TR2016a

http://ThoriumRemix.com/ Now both thorium and Uranium-238 can become nuclear fuels by absorbing a neutron. There's a few steps thorium goes through on this way. It first absorbs a neutron and becomes Thorium-233 going from 232 to 233. And then that Thorium-233 will decay over a period of about half an hour into another element, Protactinium-233, and Protactinium-233 have a half life of about 30 days. In terms of reactors that's pretty long, and it drives a lot of what I'm going to talk about with the chemical processing. But ultimately it will decay to Uranium-233 - so long as it does not absorb a neutron - and it has a very quality fission. About 91% of the time it's going to fission rather than absorb. And that makes U-233 the best fuel in the thermal spectrum, it outperforms everything else, and it's one of the reasons we really get a kick out of thorium. -Kirk Sorensen

Thorium & MSR & Nuclear assets used in Thorium Remix project.

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#nuclear #thorium #MSR #Molten_Salt_Reactor #thermal_spectrum #U-233 #best_fuel #decay #Protactinium-233 #Thorium-232 #Thorium-233 #half-life #delay #absorbing_a_neutron #Kirk_Sorensen

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