Alternativa gratuita al uranio: El torio.

pilinguinReReloaded dijo:

Para empezar se necesita una fuente de neutrones con que bombardear el material, tela..

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Es decir, estamos hablando de los mismos inconvenientes de la fisión de uranio de toda la vida, luego tampoco añadimos nada nuevo, la misma cosa radiactiva de siempre.

Lo que me llama la atención es que con el torio se puedan fabricar cosas de uso manual que ni locos utilizaríamos con uranio por muy disuelto o combinado que esté.

Da Grappla dijo:

La India lleva en ellos un tiempo ya. Tienen el 25% de las reservas de torio mundiales y muy poco uranio.

FAQ's - Other Important Links - Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

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Exacto, es más, van a inaugurar un reactor en 2010 basado en torio:

Thorium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Existing thorium energy projects

India's Kakrapar-1 reactor is the world's first reactor which uses thorium rather than depleted uranium to achieve power flattening across the reactor core.[29] India, which has about 25% of the world's thorium reserves, is developing a 300 MW prototype of a thorium-based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR). The prototype is expected to be fully operational by 2011, ***owing which five more reactors will be constructed.[30] Considered to be a global leader in thorium-based fuel, India's new thorium reactor is a fast-breeder reactor and uses a plutonium core rather than an accelerator to produce neutrons. As accelerator-based systems can operate at sub-criticality they could be developed too, but that would require more research.[31] India currently envisages meeting 30% of its electricity demand through thorium-based reactors by 2050.[32]

In 2007, Norway was debating whether or not to focus on thorium plants because of the large deposits of thorium ores in the country, particularly at Fensfeltet near Ulefoss in Telemark county.
The primary fuel of the HT3R Project near Odessa, Texas, USA will be ceramic-coated thorium beads.[33]

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Si resulta un éxito, a ver que se sacan los ecologistas esta vez. :XX: