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.
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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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Thorium amidates function as single-source molecular precursors for thorium dioxide [PDF]
, 2021 We report the synthesis of four homoleptic thorium(iv) amidate complexes as single-source molecular precursors for thorium dioxide. Each can be sublimed at atmospheric pressure, with the substituents on the amidate ligands significantly impacting their ...
Ramirez, José +25 more
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, 2012 The potential for thorium as an alternative or supplement to uranium in fission power generation has long been recognised, and several reactors, of various types, have already operated using thorium-based fuels.
McIntyre, P.M. +49 more
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A molecular dynamics study of the thermal properties of thorium oxide [PDF]
, 2012 There is growing interest in the exploitation of the thorium nuclear fuel cycle as an alternative to that of uranium. As part of a wider study of the suitability of thorium dioxide (thoria) as a nuclear fuel, we have used molecular dynamics to ...
Cywinski, Robert +7 more
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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 Radioactive materials are widely in industry, nuclear plants and medical treatments. Scientists and workers in these fields are mostly exposed to such materials, and adverse effects on blood and temperature profiles are observed.
Sidra Afzal +3 more
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Comparisons of Reduced Moderation Small Modular Reactors With Heavy Water Coolant
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020 This article presents the comparison of two reduced moderation small modular reactor concepts with heavy water coolant. Two reduced moderation small modular reactors, RMSMR-Th and RMSMR-MOX, are proposed for the sustainable utilization of nuclear ...
Tengfei Zhang +3 more
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Spectrographic Determination of Impurity Calcium in Thorium and Thorium Dioxide with the Transient Discharge Source Unit [PDF]
, 2010 application/pdfA spectrographic method was studied to determine microamount of calcium in thorium metal and thorium dioxide, and it was found that calcium in thorium could be determined by exciting sample solution in a porous-cup electrode with the ...
GOTO, Hidehiro +2 more
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Redetermination of the crystal structure of ThI4
IUCrData, 2018 Single crystals of ThI4, thorium(IV) tetraiodide, were grown from thorium dioxide and aluminium triiodide. In comparison with the structure model reported previously for this compound [Zalkin et al. (1964). Inorg. Chem.
H. Lars Deubner, Florian Kraus
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Study of a conceptual accelerator driven system loaded with thorium dioxide mixed with transuranic dioxides in TRISO particles [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2016 Nuclear spent fuel management is one of the top major subjects in the utilization of nuclear energy. Hence, solutions to this problem have been increasingly researched in recent years.
Bakir Gizem, Genc Gamze, Yapici Huseyin
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