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ANEEL: thorium-based reactor fuel could support a new wave of nuclear power- oil and gas 360

ANEEL: thorium-based reactor fuel could support a new wave of nuclear power

Forbes For decades, nuclear engineers have dreamt up new formulas, shapes and sizes for the radioactive fuel that powers the reactors of the world’s nuclear power plants (our greatest source of zer0-carbon electric power). Today most of what’s used for reactor fuel is enriched uranium. In the future, fuel compositions could shift toward the very promising element thorium. A potential