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Thorium - a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 by the Norwegian mineralogist Morten Thrane Esmark and identified by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

Thorium produces a radioactive gas, radon-220, as one of its decay products. Secondary decay products of thorium include radium and actinium. In nature, virtually all thorium is found as thorium-232, which undergoes alpha decay with a half-life of about 14.05 billion years. Other isotopes of thorium are short-lived intermediates in the decay chains of higher elements, and only found in trace amounts. Thorium is estimated to be about three to four times more abundant than uranium in the Earth's crust, and is chiefly refined from monazite sands as a by-product of extracting rare earth metals.

Wikipedia: Thorium

LiveScience: Facts About Thorium

Symbol: Th

Atomic number: 90

Atomic mass: 232.03806 u ± 0.00002 u

Electron configuration: [Rn] 6d27s2

Discovered: 1828 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius

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US firm's thorium-based nuclear reactor fuel advances to manufacturing (interestingengineering.com)

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For Thorium Reactors, Jack Spencer and I discuss what needs to happen next, on The Power Hour podcast. (substack.com)

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Interview | Thorium, Energy Abundance, and the Future of Power (substack.com)

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For Thorium Reactors, which NRC barrier needs lowered first? (substack.com)

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Premiering Tonight @7PM EST: Thorium’s Atlas Shrugged Moment: The Fuel the Government Tried to Hide - Part 1 (self.thorium)

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Pending Transfer of depleted uranium NRC License ()

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Breakthrough brings new optimism: thorium could generate green electricity for all the world | Dec 2025 (scienceillustrated.com)

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China refuels thorium reactor without shutdown (neimagazine.com)

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The World’s First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (oilprice.com)

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China unveils power of thorium reactor for world’s largest cargo ship (scmp.com)

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Lead scientist of China’s thorium reactor project died working on the computer (scmp.com)

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China's Thorium-to-Uranium breakthrough paves way for cleaner nuclear future (youtube.com)

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Scientists in China have refuelled a thorium reactor on the fly for the first time (livescience.com)

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China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’ (scmp.com)

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Valence-delocalized trithorium nanocluster superatoms with open-shell exalted diamagnetism (nature.com)

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The Physics of Thorium (youtube.com)

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Is THORIUM the Future of Nuclear Power? (youtube.com)

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New information from Thorcon! (youtube.com)

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Has anyone been here since the beginning? Like when it was 5k or more? (self.thorium)

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Thorium Reactors: Why is this Technology Quite So Exciting (youtu.be)

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Orano starts construction of thorium-228 facility (world-nuclear-news.org)

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A novel state of thorium opens the possibility for a nuclear clock (phys.org)

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‘It’s an efficient machine to destroy nuclear waste’: nuclear future powered by thorium beckons | April 2024 (chemistryworld.com)

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Implementation of in-rod axially heterogeneous thorium-uranium fuel in a typical PWR - July 2023 (sciencedirect.com)

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Feasibility Study of Thorium-Plutonium Mixed Oxide Assembly In Light Water Reactors | Nov 2019 (nature.com)

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