Status and Future Requirements for the Uranium-233 Power Reactor Program

The status of thorium and uraniumn-233 technology for power reactor applications is reviewed. In the areas of fuel cycle, reactor design snd reactor operational problems, information was s developed on current status of techology, current and planned research and developrent programs, need for additional resesrch and developmet, and time schedule of required kilograms of U-23 over the next five years to carry out the research and development now being planned, and the further work believed desirable in the longer term. (auth