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zaterdag 6 september 2025
Is Thorium MSR really the future of energy production?
"If man wants to progress, he must create new forms of energy of greater and greater densities." --Lazare Carnot (1753 – 1823)
from Google AI:
Thorium's total energy potential is estimated to be 3 to 4 times that of uranium due to its greater abundance in the Earth's crust, but it cannot sustain a chain reaction on its own. Instead, it's used in a "thorium fuel cycle" where thorium-232 absorbs neutrons to become fissile uranium-233, which then undergoes fission. While a lump of uranium-235 can directly sustain a reaction, thorium requires a breeding reactor to convert it into an energy-producing fuel, leading to comparable energy output per kilogram in well-designed breeder reactors.
"If man wants to progress, he must create new forms of energy of greater and greater densities."
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from Google AI:
Thorium's total energy potential is estimated to be 3 to 4 times that of uranium due to its greater abundance in the Earth's crust, but it cannot sustain a chain reaction on its own. Instead, it's used in a "thorium fuel cycle" where thorium-232 absorbs neutrons to become fissile uranium-233, which then undergoes fission. While a lump of uranium-235 can directly sustain a reaction, thorium requires a breeding reactor to convert it into an energy-producing fuel, leading to comparable energy output per kilogram in well-designed breeder reactors.
It's a process...
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