Thorium Based Nuclear Reactors By

In the name of Allah (God) the most gracious, the most merciful. I In recent years, nuclear technology has principally been based on the use of fissile 235U and 239Pu. Although, the naturally existing thorium isotope, 232Th, can also be transformed to fissile 233U nucleus following thermal neutron capture reaction, inadequate attention has been paid to the its potential use in nuclear technology. This was probably due to geological availability of natural resources of thorium and uranium. It was established that thorium is three to four times more abundant world-wide than uranium and can therefore be an abundant and sustainable resource. Also it is widely distributed in nature and can easily be utilized as an energy resource in many countries. Thorium mostly occurs in the rare earth thorium phosphate mineral, monazite, which contains about ∼ 12 % high grade thorium oxide (ThO2)