Thorium 232, the next-generation nuclear fuel. For civil and military purposes.

Could Thorium-232 be the next generation nuclear fuel that replaces uranium? The difference between uranium and thorium reactors is that the thorium reactor requires the energy booster that it can maintain the nuclear reaction. In the case of the accident, the requirement for stopping the reaction is that crew will cut off that accelerator. And the reaction would stop immediately.

Thorium-232 allows creating the next-generation nuclear reactors that are not creating radioactive waste. The price of thorium is lower than uranium. And the only difference between thorium- and uranium reactors is that thorium reactor requires a heating system.

Or accelerator for making the energy for thorium fusion. The thing is that the thorium would make it possible to create more effective nuclear reactors. And its use in ships and especially in submarines and aircraft is an interesting opportunity.

Also, thorium reactors can be used in fission rockets. Starting the reactor requires an accelerator that can take its energy from the regular electric power plant. So the accelerator would not be a problem. When the use of thorium as the nuclear fuel is mentioned.

The use of thorium removes the thing that is giving breaks for full-scale benefiting the nuclear systems. That thing is the highly radioactive pollution. The question is why thorium is not used before?

The thing is that thorium can be used in nuclear weapons that are not leaving a radioactive mark. In that case, high-energetic electromagnetic radiation like laser rays and quantum annealing systems are used to release an extremely high number of neutrons and energy to thorium.

The depleted uranium of special ammunition can replace by using thorium. The radioactivity of that ammunition is problematic. In that type of ammunition, the thorium round travels inside the laser ray. And that thing can create nuclear fission when that ammunition hits to target.

And that kind of system can use in the triggers of thermonuclear weapons. The nuclear weapon that is using thorium as the primary stage requires an extremely high-power energy load to the thorium fuel. The thing is that this type of clean and powerful system is interesting to both, civil and military authorities.

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