Talk:Advanced heavy-water reactor

Thorium

Current article reads Thorium is an element that is 3 times more abundant globally than uranium and can potentially deliver several orders of magnitude more energy than an equivalent mass of uranium. I'm skeptical of the claim that an equivalent mass of uranium can potentially deliver that much less energy. There are a couple of other strange claims too. Andrewa (talk) 17:05, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

I second this so I've added a citation needed template to the first paragraph.86.177.170.15 (talk) 01:47, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I believe this apparent disparity is a result of the fact that only ~0.7% of natural uranium is fissible U235, while natural Thorium consists of a single isotope Th232, which can be used to breed U233 (which is the ultimate fuel for a Uranium reactor). According to this link: (http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf62.html#b) 1 tonne or thorium can provide the same nuclear energy as 40 tonnes of natural uranium. Have updated article to reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Routlej1 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

"all mined thorium is potentially usable to breed reactor fuel (in contrast with approximately 0.7% of natural uranium being usable as reactor fuel" True but misleading... all mined uranium is also usable to breed reactor fuel. (A breeder reactor will also work with depleted uranium.) 174.3.135.28 (talk) 05:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Times More

Does 3 times more abundant than just mean four times as abundant as? I am concerned about the imprecision of this language even though its usage seems to be on the rise. Jack Waugh (talk) 13:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Is construction delayed by the delays to PFBR or something else

Is AHWR construction start delayed by the delays to PFBR (due to be commissioned in 2010, but now expected late 2016) or something else ? - Rod57 (talk) 12:11, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

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