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Environment & Energy

hunter

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Reply to indie9197 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 07:10 PM

Feb 2014

U233 or plutonium is the "match" or "kindling" used to start such a reactor. (An analogy with fire... don't fuss.)

Once started the reactor runs on thorium.

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It is not really a thorium reactor. indie9197 Feb 2014 #1

??? hunter Feb 2014 #2

It doesnt say that in the article indie9197 Feb 2014 #3

That's how the thorium fuel cycle works. hunter Feb 2014 #4