Is thorium the future of nuclear power?
Unless you're really into trivia about gas lanterns and the mantles that make their light so bright, you've probably never heard of thorium, but you may hear a lot more about it in the future. This unassuming metal could one day rival uranium as the nuclear fuel of choice.
United States Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Jons Jakob Berzelius Second World Heavy Water Reactor
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