thorium high-temperature reactor
1Pebble bed reactor — Sketch of a pebble bed reactor in Italian …
2Thorium — (pronEng|ˈθɔːriəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. As a naturally occurring, slightly radioactive metal, it has been considered as an alternative nuclear fuel to uranium.CharacteristicsWhen pure, thorium is a… …
3AVR reactor — Infobox NPP Picture = Pic des = Country = Germany EIGENTÜMER = Utility = Built = 1961 Start = May 19, 1969 End = December 31, 1988 Reactor = Reactor MW = S Reactor = 1 S Reactor MW = 15 B Reactor = B Reactor MW = E Reactor = E Reactor MW = El… …
4thorium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Thorium (Th) is a dense (11.7 grams per cubic centimetre), silvery metal that is softer than steel. It has a high melting temperature of approximately 1,750° C (3,180°… …
5Thorium fuel cycle — The thorium fuel cycle is a nuclear fuel cycle that uses thorium 232 as fertile material and uranium 233 as fissile fuel. A major advantage of the thorium fuel cycle is that production of plutonium and other long lived actinides as radioactive… …
6thorium — thoric /thawr ik, thor /, adj. /thawr ee euhm, thohr /, n. Chem. a grayish white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun lamp and vacuum… …
7Molten salt reactor — scheme. A molten salt reactor (MSR) is a type of nuclear fission reactor in which the primary coolant, or even the fuel itself is a molten salt mixture. MSRs run at higher temperatures than water cooled reactors for higher thermodynamic… …
8Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …
9Nuclear reactor technology — This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power .A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a… …
10Pebble bed modular reactor — (Pty) Ltd Type Engineering Industry Nuclear Founded 1994 Headquarters Centurion, Gauteng, South …
