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To: frithguild

“Dude - the U233 is the neutron emitter that breeds the Thorium for decay.”

The U233 is a neutron ABSORBER that fissions to produce the energy.

Below is the list of fissile materials:

Fissile nuclides in nuclear fuels include:
Uranium-235 which occurs in natural uranium and enriched uranium
Plutonium-239 bred from uranium-238 by neutron capture
Plutonium-241 bred from plutonium-240 by neutron capture. The 240Pu comes from 239Pu by the same process.
Uranium-233 bred from thorium-232 by neutron capture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-233


29 posted on 05/02/2015 12:43:03 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Thorium Fuel Cycle


31 posted on 05/02/2015 12:46:51 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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