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They don't need a kickstart from uranium. You stick thorium into the fluoride salt, the thourium absorbs particles (neutrons I think), it turns into uranium, a
by amorphid 16y ago
They don't need a kickstart from uranium. You stick thorium into the fluoride salt, the thourium absorbs particles (neutrons I think), it turns into uranium, and then goes through fission. The uranium left over is minimal.
- gamble 16y agoYou need a neutron source to start the transmutation of thorium into uranium. AFAIK, in every thorium reactor built to date that source is uranium mixed into the fuel.