When people think of nuclear fuel they tend to think of uranium and plutnonium, or more specifically their fissile isotopes: uranium-235, plutonium-239 and plutonium-241. But there is another fissile isotope that doesn’t get the attention it deserves: uranium-233. A fissile isotope is one that can sustain a nuclear chain reaction. There is only one naturally-occurring … Continue reading Uranium-233 and the thorium future