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Thorium as a nuclear fuel for CANDU reactors
Author(s) -
Banerjee S.,
Critoph E.,
Hart R. G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450530308
Subject(s) - thorium fuel cycle , thorium , fuel cycle , nuclear fuel cycle , uranium , nuclear fuel , nuclear engineering , natural uranium , environmental science , spent nuclear fuel , uranium 233 , waste management , mox fuel , nuclear physics , engineering , physics
The reasons for the attractiveness of thorium as a fuel for CANDU reactors are discussed. By the use of thorium fuels it is shown that the amount of energy that can be extracted from nuclear fuel resources can be increased substantially. Cumulative savings in nuclear fuel requirements are estimated for a number of situations. The thorium fuel cycle is shown to be relatively insensitive to the cost of natural resources. The conditions under which fuelling costs for the thorium cycle will become competitive with the present natural uranium fuel cycle are discussed.