Thorium: Crustal Abundance, Joint Production, and Economic Availability

Recently, interest in thorium's potential use in a nuclear fuel cycle has been renewed. Thorium is more abundant, at least on average, than uranium in the earth's crust and, therefore, could theoretically extend the use of nuclear energy technology beyond the economic limits of uranium res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jordan, B., Eggert, R., Dixon, B., Carlsen, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36056