Thermal transport in thorium dioxide [PDF]
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2018 In this research paper, the thermal transport in thorium dioxide is investigated by using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics. The thermal conductivity of bulk thorium dioxide was measured to be 20.8 W/m-K, confirming reported values, and the phonon mean ...
Jungkyu Park +2 more
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Simultaneously Recovery of Thorium and Tungsten through Hybrid Electrolysis–Nanofiltration Processes [PDF]
ToxicsThe recovery and recycling of metals that generate toxic ions in the environment is of particular importance, especially when these are tungsten and, in particular, thorium.
Geani Teodor Man +7 more
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SAXS study of the formation and structure of polynuclear thorium(IV) colloids and thorium dioxide nanoparticles [PDF]
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2022 Stable actinide colloids and nanoparticles are of interest because of their potential to affect the transportation of radionuclides in the near-field of a nuclear waste repository.
Baihui Zhai +4 more
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Machine learning molecular dynamics simulations toward exploration of high-temperature properties of nuclear fuel materials: case study of thorium dioxide [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Predicting materials properties of nuclear fuel compounds is a challenging task in materials science. Their thermodynamical behaviors around and above the operational temperature are essential for the design of nuclear reactors.
Keita Kobayashi +5 more
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Theoretical analysis of uranium-doped thorium dioxide: Introduction of a thoria force field with explicit polarization [PDF]
AIP Advances, 2015 Thorium dioxide is used industrially in high temperature applications, but more insight is needed into the behavior of the material as part of a mixed-oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel, incorporating uranium.
A. E. Shields +2 more
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Investigating the potential advantages of using thorium-based fuel as an advanced nuclear fuel in a typical boiling water reactor assembly (BWR) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe long-term sustainability of Boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel cycles is challenged by the accumulation of reactor-grade plutonium (rgPu), minor actinides (MAs), and high-level radiotoxic waste in spent fuel.
Nassar Alnassar, A. Abdelghafar Galahom
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High-temperature and melting behaviour of nanocrystalline refractory compounds: an experimental approach applied to thorium dioxide [PDF]
Materials Research Express, 2014 The behaviour from 1500 K up to melting of nanocrystalline (nc) thorium dioxide, the refractory binary oxide with the highest melting point (3651 K), was explored here for the first time using fast laser heating, multi-wavelength pyrometry and Raman ...
F Cappia +6 more
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Nuclear forensic analysis of thorium materials: recreation of a legacy processing method [PDF]
Frontiers in Nuclear EngineeringNuclear forensic science aims to correlate measurable parameters to the processing history of nuclear materials to support law enforcement investigations.
Erin Holland +9 more
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Cationic hydrous thorium dioxide colloids – a useful tool for staining negatively charged surface matrices of bacteria for use in energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2006 Background Synthesis of cationic hydrous thorium dioxide colloids (ca. 1.0 to 1.7 nm) has been originally described by Müller 22 and Groot 11 and these have been used by Groot to stain acidic glucosaminoglycans for ultrastructure research of different ...
Barth Elke +2 more
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Synthesis of Uranium-Thorium dioxide nano powder using supercritical hydrothermal method [PDF]
مجله علوم و فنون هستهای, 2021 Due to the limited uranium reserves and advantages of thorium fuels over uranium fuels, the development of the thorium fuel cycle in various countries including Iran, has been considered significantly.
A. H. Chenari, S.J. Ahmadi, F. Zahakifar
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