"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
April 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
September 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
August 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
August 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
August 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
August 19, 2026 at 2:05 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global nuclear weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global nuclear weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
April 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global nuclear weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global nuclear weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
June 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
🧵 #ProliferationNightmare
#ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
![https://www.osti.gov/biblio/79078
U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material; however, it has substantial technical advantage over plutonium only in certain environments, and the probability of such environments being encountered is quite low, LRL is' quick to point out that conditions are subject to change and reappraisal, but as of today, they have no plans for developing weapons systems using U-233.
The statement was made that if today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium.
Although LRL is interested in the availability of research and development quantities of clean U-233 (10-20 kgs per year], there is no basis at this time for Hanford to anticipate the development of a large production program involving U-233.
W. K. Woods, Consulting Engineer Advanced Concepts and Planning Group](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjdcfsqoltl7wbqomn3eilii/bafkreia3fuleymdnozgzlvz5awgjho6gtgfns6dutrzcsqph2ialktvdjm)
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
September 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
Serious as a heart attack.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
August 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Serious as a heart attack.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
July 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
June 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
And what about those thorium reactors?
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Uranium 233 has a lower critical mass, which means that less material can be used to build a weapon. And compared with weapons-grade plutonium 239, uranium 233 has a much lower spontaneous fission rate, enabling simpler weapons that are more easily constructed." #Thorium
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
May 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
And what about those thorium reactors?
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-²³³U fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
#ProliferationNightmare
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U233 than other reprocessing techniques. It's also a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U233 than other reprocessing techniques. It's also a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
Abstract Not Provided | OSTI.GOV
www.osti.gov
April 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
#ProliferationNightmare
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U233 than other reprocessing techniques. It's also a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U233 than other reprocessing techniques. It's also a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
"Online reprocessing has the potential to separate higher purity U-233 than other reprocessing techniques. It also makes it a very sensitive fuel cycle facility since any state in possession of the reactor would be in possession of an in-situ reprocessing facility at the reactor."
Thorium based power systems and relevant safeguards considerations (Conference) | OSTI.GOV
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
www.osti.gov
April 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
🧵 The widespread deployment of the Thorium-U233 fuel cycle especially when combined with molten salt reactors would be a serious setback to global weapons nonproliferation achievements with no net benefit over the U-Pu cycle.
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
#ProliferationNightmare
#ProliferationNightmare
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
April 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
#ProliferationNightmare
#ProliferationNightmare
March 25, 2026 at 9:32 AM
"Thorium salt reactor… doesn't provide anything weapons grade."
Fact check: FalseAF #ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material….
"[I]f today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
Fact check: FalseAF #ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material….
"[I]f today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
![https://www.osti.gov/biblio/79078
U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material; however, it has substantial technical advantage over plutonium only in certain environments, and the probability of such environments being encountered is quite low, LRL is' quick to point out that conditions are subject to change and reappraisal, but as of today, they have no plans for developing weapons systems using U-233.
The statement was made that if today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium.
Although LRL is interested in the availability of research and development quantities of clean U-233 (10-20 kgs per year], there is no basis at this time for Hanford to anticipate the development of a large production program involving U-233.
W. K. Woods, Consulting Engineer Advanced Concepts and Planning Group](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjdcfsqoltl7wbqomn3eilii/bafkreicmj37evlxbatt4ozd4p23udbb6g575sjc3mjm3qqw4dx5ustvhta)
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Thorium salt reactor… doesn't provide anything weapons grade."
Fact check: FalseAF #ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material….
"[I]f today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
Fact check: FalseAF #ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material….
"[I]f today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
![https://www.osti.gov/biblio/79078
U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material; however, it has substantial technical advantage over plutonium only in certain environments, and the probability of such environments being encountered is quite low, LRL is' quick to point out that conditions are subject to change and reappraisal, but as of today, they have no plans for developing weapons systems using U-233.
The statement was made that if today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL would have no interest in switching to plutonium.
Although LRL is interested in the availability of research and development quantities of clean U-233 (10-20 kgs per year], there is no basis at this time for Hanford to anticipate the development of a large production program involving U-233.
W. K. Woods, Consulting Engineer Advanced Concepts and Planning Group](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjdcfsqoltl7wbqomn3eilii/bafkreihcesnu6u2ih2ixsc456eepvxmzednbuesq3mnhhytbz7nohl64lu)
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#ProliferationNightmare
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
"U-233 has been shown to be highly satisfactory as a weapons material."
"If today's weapons were based upon U-233, LRL [Lawrence Radiation Laboratory] would have no interest in switching to plutonium."
#Thorium 🧵
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
#ProliferationNightmare
#ProliferationNightmare
Thorium power has a protactinium problem
Protactinium’s distinctive chemistry could make thorium reactors less resistant to nuclear weapons proliferation than their proponents believe.
thebulletin.org
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
K&vH: 'Molten-salt U233 breeder reactor with continual chemical processing of a stream of liquid fuel offers a way to *completely bypass the U232 problem* because Pa233 (27d ½life) could be separated out before it decays into U233.'
#ProliferationNightmare
#ProliferationNightmare