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The Thorium Reddit

Description: A reddit dedicated to articles and posts relating to thorium. Civil discussions and submissions aren't just welcome they're wanted with intention of farther expanding our understanding of this oft-ignored element.


The Thorium Reddit

Thorium - a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 by the Norwegian mineralogist Morten Thrane Esmark and identified by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

Thorium produces a radioactive gas, radon-220, as one of its decay products. Secondary decay products of thorium include radium and actinium. In nature, virtually all thorium is found as thorium-232, which undergoes alpha decay with a half-life of about 14.05 billion years. Other isotopes of thorium are short-lived intermediates in the decay chains of higher elements, and only found in trace amounts. Thorium is estimated to be about three to four times more abundant than uranium in the Earth's crust, and is chiefly refined from monazite sands as a by-product of extracting rare earth metals.

Wikipedia: Thorium

LiveScience: Facts About Thorium

Symbol: Th

Atomic number: 90

Atomic mass: 232.03806 u ± 0.00002 u

Electron configuration: [Rn] 6d27s2

Discovered: 1828 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius


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/r/thorium

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Operating Experience, Indian Point: world's first Thorium-fueled commercial reactor (1964)

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2024/03/21
05:25 UTC

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75 F in Iowa makes me think we need Thorium Nuclear Now - learn at the TEAC12 conference April 14th, 15th

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2024/02/27
06:53 UTC

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Crazy Warm Weather Makes me Think You Should be at Thorium Conference 12 April 14th 15th Abilene Tx

Iowa trip when it was 65f out ( tomorrow will be 75f ) made me think - all these people who like thorium, they need to get real, learn about it and learn how to deploy it. We are having a conference in Abilene Texas April 14th , 15th 2024 - Where everyone will learn where we are going with Thorium and Rare Earths critical materials

How do we solve these problems with Thorium Nuclear Power - that you get from rare earth critical minerals Join us at TEAC12 to learn how DISCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

https://thoriumenergyalliance.com/tea-conference/

All Are Welcome to Attend! – This is for all people interested in Thorium, Critical Materials, and the future of energy Lab Tours of the new Dillard Science center where the new Molten Salt Research Reactor is being built

Your registration gets you: World Class Conference Proceedings , Tours of the Historic new nuclear facility at ACU Great Lunch, All Breakout sessions, Famous Cocktail Reception, Thorium Prize Presentation At the brand-new conference hotel Abilene Double Tree – Contact them for TEAC 12 Room Block

Discount EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! until February 28 Sign Up

1 Comment
2024/02/27
06:45 UTC

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Glitches on YouTube?

Me and my friend strarted using Thorium a while back and all seemed fine. Just recently we both noticed that we get "Graphics" glitches and sort of tears, black squares while wathing youtube.

We checked graphics drivers, the hardware and all seem fine. The fact is, that it only does while watching YouTube on Thorium, doesnt happen elsewhere at all. Anyone got the same issue?

3 Comments
2024/02/21
15:20 UTC

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Back button in LinkedIn setting does not work

While there are no issues viewing posts and articles, the back button when trying to update / amend experience, skills, etc in profile does not work and there's no response when clicking it.

Is it me or does anyone else also have this issue?

1 Comment
2024/02/20
06:19 UTC

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How Molten Salt Reactors Could Revive Nuclear Power

0 Comments
2024/02/11
02:48 UTC

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Angel's End not dropping

I'm playing thorium thrower and "according to the boss checklist mod" I killed the freaking moon lord...you guessed it. FORTY TIMES. Getting over a DOZEN of the healer item and the bard item and ZERO thrower item. At this point I'm 99% convinced that this is a bug, but I want your opinion first before I cheese myself the freaking item in!

1 Comment
2024/02/10
09:56 UTC

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LFTR (Thorium-MSR) - Kirk Sorensen of Flibe Energy @ University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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2023/12/09
23:05 UTC

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How to make nuclear weapons with a Thorium reactor

6 Comments
2023/12/03
12:55 UTC

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Targeted Alpha Therapy

0 Comments
2023/11/23
19:45 UTC

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Thorium benefits

6 Comments
2023/11/11
19:26 UTC

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Thorium Fuel Cycle Introduction

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2023/11/01
08:49 UTC

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Rounded Search Bar and Icon

So far this seems fast. Though that's just a perception to me as most hardware today is very fast. There are a couple of things that caught my attention.

The rounded search URL bar. That reminds me of the throw back days of Windows XP. The application icon that says "Th". That definitely needs work.

I don't use Google chrome. The possibility of it collecting lots of data and the fact that google decides whether I can use an ad blocker just doesn't cut it. I looked at this one because it is alleged to be the fastest browser. It isn't that the other browsers are so slow, they aren't. Firefox is quite fast albeit not the fastest.

I'd just like to see some refinements to the look of the browser. I also like a separate search area on the url bar. I can search separate from the page i'm on without first opening another tab. I like moving away from the search and still having the search text still there. I didn't see that feature in this browser.

I realize this is a clone of chromium with various things removed.

1 Comment
2023/10/23
23:06 UTC

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Showing of documentary "Nuclear Now" at University of Washington this Weds

Hi all, I work with the nonprofit, Friends of Fission Northwest, that aims to educate folks about nuclear fission. We are showing the documentary "Nuclear Now" at UW this upcoming Weds (10/18) at 6pm PT. I thought it'd be good to share it here in case anyone was interested.

If you'd like to join us, please sign up using the following meetup link : )

2 Comments
2023/10/16
00:49 UTC

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REALLY hoping for this to happen and to see more progress. Won't lie to anyone, I am a big fan.

3 Comments
2023/09/23
05:03 UTC

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False hype on thorium

Thorium is great to be sure but... (warning, reactor physics discussion imminent)

6 Comments
2023/09/13
00:14 UTC

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Fukushima water in context

0 Comments
2023/09/11
18:52 UTC

2

Nuclear is safer than wind energy

1 Comment
2023/09/10
12:13 UTC

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There might be momentum for going all nuclear rather than including renewables

0 Comments
2023/09/09
14:42 UTC

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What is the difference between fissile and fissionable?

0 Comments
2023/08/31
21:54 UTC

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Le XAMR® de NAAREA

Le XAMR® de NAAREA !

https://www.naarea.fr/fr/projet

0 Comments
2023/08/22
20:49 UTC

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This seems to really divide people...

0 Comments
2023/06/06
09:47 UTC

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Great Interview with Kirk Sorensen, a Thorium advocate

0 Comments
2023/01/28
16:33 UTC

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The Rare Earth - Thorium Link

Chapter 10:  The Rare Earth's Thorium Link

How Rare Earths are often discarded as radioactive waste and how the Thorium contained within could provide clean safe and cheap nuclear power

Currently the EPA requires that Thorium (often found in association with rare earth minerals) must be handled in a "...a very specific and costly way...".... causing rare earth mining in the United States to be "prohibitively expensive."  .... however, both the environmental and economic problems associated with rare earth mining and processing in the US might be solved ...(by Thorium extraction and utilization) because Thorium can be used in a special type of nuclear reactor which has been shown to be proliferation resistant and safer than the High Pressure Water Reactors which are based on Uranium.

https://www.amazon.com/Rare-Earth-Crisis-monopoly-endangers/dp/B09RV17NGC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12K97393WG2YO&keywords=the+rare+earth+crisis&qid=1674358316&sprefix=the+rare+earth+crisis%2Caps%2C276&sr=8-1

While there are currently no operating Thorium reactors, in the 1960s there was a Thorium fed Liquid Fluoride Salt Reactor at Oakridge National Laboratory that operated without incident for years until it was shut down by Congress in favor of fast breeder reactors.

3 Comments
2023/01/22
04:16 UTC

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La face "GÂCHÉE" du nucléaire❗

Extraordinaire documentaire : La face "GÂCHÉE" du nucléaire❗

https://youtu.be/2mMsqFAIdsE

0 Comments
2022/12/08
18:53 UTC

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Thorium + HALEU = Clean Core Thorium Energy: Mark Nelson @ TEAC11

1 Comment
2022/11/14
17:19 UTC

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