Editing Thorium and Thorium Reactors — Master Overview (section)

=== Index of Articles ===

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| [[Thorium — Element Profile: Chemistry Physics and Natural Occurrence]] || Complete scientific characterisation; physical and chemical properties; occurrence; ore minerals; global reserves
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| [[Thorium — The Nuclear Physics of Thorium: The Fertile-to-Fissile Cycle]] || The Th-232 to U-233 breeding chain; protactinium-233; neutron cross sections; energy release; why thorium cannot sustain a chain reaction alone
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| [[Thorium — Historical Discovery and Early Scientific Development]] || Berzelius 1828; early 20th century uses; gas mantles; ThO2 in optics and ceramics; Manhattan Project thorium work; early nuclear era assessment
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| [[Thorium — The Molten Salt Reactor: Principles and Design]] || What a molten salt reactor is; FLiBe salt chemistry; the liquid fuel advantage; design variants; how heat is extracted and converted to electricity
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| [[Thorium — The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR): Complete Technical Description]] || LFTR architecture; the two-fluid design; core and blanket; the thorium breeding blanket; fuel processing; fission product removal; power generation
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| [[Thorium — Safety Advantages of the LFTR: Why Meltdown Is Impossible]] || The freeze plug; passive drainage; atmospheric pressure operation; negative temperature coefficient; comparison with Light Water Reactors; the Fukushima contrast
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| [[Thorium — Dr. Alvin Weinberg: Father of the Thorium Reactor]] || Weinberg's career; his role in the development of both the Light Water Reactor and the Molten Salt Reactor; his advocacy for thorium; his firing; his legacy
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| [[Thorium — Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Aircraft Reactor Experiment (1954)]] || The ARE program; Ed Bettis and Ray Briant; why an airborne reactor was needed; what the ARE proved; the transition to civilian applications
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| [[Thorium — Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (1965–1969)]] || MSRE design; operation; what it proved; what it did not test; the 7.5 MW experiment; the transition from U-235 to U-233 fuel; the success
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| [[Thorium — The Molten Salt Breeder Reactor: The Dream That Was Not Built]] || The MSBR conceptual design; what it would have done; why it was not built; the political and institutional context; the road not taken
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| [[Thorium — The Suppression Decision: Nixon Weinberg and the Fast Breeder Reactor]] || The 1973 funding decision; AEC and Nixon; the liquid metal fast breeder reactor as the alternative; the institutional forces; Weinberg's firing; the Carter reprocessing ban
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| [[Thorium — The Conspiracy Dimension: Why Was Thorium Suppressed?]] || The weapons-plutonium theory; the uranium industry theory; the military-industrial complex argument; what the historical record shows; assessment of each theory
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| [[Thorium — Thorium Waste: What Comes Out and Why It Matters]] || The waste comparison with conventional nuclear; what fission products are produced; the actinide problem in uranium reactors vs. thorium reactors; half-lives; the 300-year problem
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| [[Thorium — Proliferation Resistance: The Weapons Question]] || U-233 as a weapons material; the U-232 contamination complication; the protactinium problem; the IAEA's position; denaturing thorium fuel; honest assessment of the proliferation risk
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| [[Thorium — Global Thorium Reserves: Where the Ore Is]] || Global distribution; India; Brazil; Australia; United States; Turkey; the rare earth connection; monazite mining; extraction and processing
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| [[Thorium — India's Three-Stage Nuclear Program and Thorium Strategy]] || Homi Bhabha's vision; Stage 1 (PHWRs); Stage 2 (fast breeders); Stage 3 (thorium reactors); current status; KAMINI; the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor; India's massive monazite reserves as strategic driver
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| [[Thorium — China's Thorium MSR Program: The Most Advanced in the World]] || The $350 million TMSR program; Shanghai Institute; the 2MW test reactor; the scale-up plan; China's strategic interest; the 2023 status
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| [[Thorium — International Programs: Norway Netherlands Canada and the UK]] || Norsk Thorium; Seaborg Technologies; Terrestrial Energy; Moltex Energy; the Weinberg Foundation; the revival of interest
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| [[Thorium — Private Sector Companies Pursuing Thorium and MSR Technology]] || Flibe Energy (Kirk Sorensen); Terrestrial Energy; ThorCon; Moltex; Elysium Industries; Kairos Power; status of each
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| [[Thorium — Kirk Sorensen and the Modern Thorium Revival]] || Sorensen's background; his discovery of Oak Ridge documents; the Energy From Thorium blog; Flibe Energy; his advocacy; US Senate Bill S.4242 (2022)
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| [[Thorium — Comparison: LFTR vs. Light Water Reactor vs. Fast Breeder]] || Head-to-head technical comparison; efficiency; safety; waste; cost; proliferation; scalability; the honest assessment of tradeoffs
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| [[Thorium — The Waste Burning Application: Using LFTRs to Consume Existing Nuclear Waste]] || How a LFTR can be configured to consume the accumulated spent fuel from conventional reactors; the dual benefit; the technical challenges
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| [[Thorium — Medical Applications of Thorium and U-233]] || Thorium-227 in cancer treatment; targeted alpha therapy; bismuth-213; the medical isotope supply chain; why thorium's medical applications are gaining momentum
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| [[Thorium — Thorium in Consumer Products and Historical Industrial Use]] || Gas mantles (thoriated mantle); ThO2 in special glass; thoriated tungsten welding electrodes; radioactive toothpaste (Doramad); the radiation safety legacy
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| [[Thorium — Key Persons Directory]] || All major scientists, advocates, critics, and policymakers
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| [[Thorium — Complete Timeline: From Discovery to the Present Day]] || Every significant event from Berzelius 1828 through 2024
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