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Thorium Fuel

Thorium Fuel is a nuclear fuel material consisting primarily of thorium isotopes that, when irradiated in a reactor, undergo neutron capture to breed fissile uranium-233 for sustained nuclear fission energy production.

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Design and development of the AHWR—the Indian thorium fuelled innovative nuclear reactor

R.K. Sinha, A. Kakodkar · Nuclear Engineering and Design · 2006 · 518 citations

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Conceptual design of a fast neutron operated high power energy amplifier

Ch. Roche, J.-P. Revol, P. Mandrillon et al. · Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) · 1995 · 418 citations · Full text

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Allanite: thorium and light rare earth element carrier in subducted crust

Jörg Hermann · Chemical Geology · 2002 · 369 citations

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Potential of thorium molten salt reactorsdetailed calculations and concept evolution with a view to large scale energy production

A. Nuttin, D. Heuer, A. Billebaud et al. · Progress in Nuclear Energy · 2005 · 305 citations · Full text

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Role of fluids in transport and fractionation of uranium and thorium in magmatic processes

Hans Keppler, Peter J. Wyllie · Nature · 1990 · 227 citations

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    A. Abdelghafar Galahom

    Higher Technological Institute, Egypt

    9 publications · 283 citations

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    Adem Acır

    Gazi University, Türkiye

    9 publications · 244 citations

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  3. MS
    Mujid S. Kazimi

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 223 citations

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  4. BP
    Blair P. Bromley

    Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canada

    8 publications · 237 citations

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    K. Insulander Björk

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

    6 publications · 137 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    115 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

    Mumbai, India

    16 h-index

    101 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics

    Pudong, China

    14 h-index

    88 publications

    3K citations

  4. Gazi University

    Ankara, Turkey

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    819 citations

  5. Idaho National Laboratory

    Idaho Falls, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    49 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. Higher Technological Institute

    Cairo, Egypt

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    283 citations

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  1. Nuclear Technology

    48 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Annals of Nuclear Energy

    42 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Progress in Nuclear Energy

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Nuclear Engineering and Design

    28 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Nuclear Materials

    15 publications · 481 citations

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