Thorium: Cleaner Nuclear Power?

Radiological impact of the thorium fuel cycle. Thorium itself can be difficult to recycle because it is contaminated by highly radioactive Th-228 and despite the lower overall radioactivity, the waste from thorium plants will still take several hundred years to decay to safe levels.

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  The thorium ADS (accelerator driven system) is under development in India....
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  Thorium (atomic number 90) occurs naturally, with soil often containing above...
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  Thorium can be used in all the major reactor types including light water and...
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  Radiological impact of the thorium fuel cycle. Thorium itself can be...
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  The Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is developing a Thorium-based...

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