Siklus bahan bakar torium adalah sebuah siklus bahan bakar nuklir yang menggunakan sebuah isotop torium,unknown element Thorium., sebagai bahan pembiakan. Dalam reaktor,unknown element Thorium. diubah menjadi isotop uranium artifisial fisil 233U yang merupakan bahan bakar nuklir.
Lihat pula Sunting
- Tenaga nuklir berbasis torium
- Limbah radioaktif
- Sumber daya dan konsumsi energi dunia
- Thorium fuel cycle - Potential benefits and challenges, International Atomic Energy Agency
Referensi Sunting
Bacaan lanjutan Sunting
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- Thorium and uranium fuel cycles comparison by the UK National Nuclear Laboratory
- Fact sheet on thorium 2013-02-16 di Wayback Machine. at the World Nuclear Association.
- Annotated bibliography for the thorium fuel cycle 2010-10-07 di Wayback Machine. from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues