THORIUM AS AN ENERGY SOURCE - Opportunities for Norway ...
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Po polonium<br />
Po-208 polonium-208<br />
Po-209 polonium-209<br />
Po-210 polonium-210<br />
Po-216 polonium-216<br />
ppm parts per million<br />
PRIS IAEA Power Reactor In<strong>for</strong>mation System<br />
PSI Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland<br />
Pu-238 plutonium-238 ( 238 U)<br />
Pu-239 plutonium-239 ( 239 Pu)<br />
Pu-240 plutonium-240 ( 240 Pu)<br />
Pu-241 plutonium-241 ( 241 Pu)<br />
Pu-242 plutonium-242 ( 242 Pu)<br />
PuF3 plutonium trifluoride<br />
PuO2 plutonium dioxide<br />
PUREX plutonium uranium extraction prosess<br />
PyC pyrolytic carbon<br />
R&D Research and Development<br />
Ra radium<br />
Ra-226 radium-226 ( 226 Ra)<br />
RAR Reasonably Assured Resources<br />
RCN The Research Council of <strong>Norway</strong><br />
REE Rare Earth Elements<br />
Rn radon (Rn-222)<br />
Rn-220 thoron (a radon isotope)<br />
Ru-100 ruthenium-100 ( 100 Ru).<br />
RWTH Aachen Die Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen<br />
SCK-CEN The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre<br />
SCWR Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactor (Generation IV concept)<br />
SFR Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (Generation IV concept)<br />
SGMP Sol-Gel Microsphere Pelletization<br />
SiC silicon carbide<br />
SINQ Swiss spallation neutron source at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Switzerland<br />
SINTEF Selskapet <strong>for</strong> INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning<br />
SiO2 Silica (Silicon Dioxide)<br />
SKB Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB<br />
SKC The Swedish Centre <strong>for</strong> Nuclear Technology<br />
SKI The Nuclear Power Inspectorate in Sweden<br />
SNS The Spallation Neutron Source<br />
(accelerator-based neutron source being built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA)<br />
Sv Sievert<br />
SWU Separative Work Unit (used in the enrichment process)<br />
T1/2 half-life (time to reduse the amount of radioactive material to the half)<br />
TBP tributyl phosphate<br />
Tc-100 technetium-100 ( 100 Tc)<br />
Tc-99 technetium-99 ( 99 Tc)<br />
TD theoretical density<br />
Th thorium<br />
Th-230 thorium-230 ( 230 Th)<br />
Th-232 thorium-232 ( 232 Th)<br />
Th-234 thorium-234 ( 234 Th)<br />
ThO2 thorium dioxide (thoria)<br />
THOREX thorium extraction process<br />
THTR Thorium High Temperature Reactor<br />
Ti titanium<br />
Tl-208 thallium-208<br />
TMSR Thorium Molten Salt Reactor<br />
TRU transuranic (elements with atomic numbers greater than uranium)<br />
TURF Thorium-Uranium Recycle Facility<br />
TWh Tera Watt Hours (1 000 000 000 kWh)<br />
TWhe Tera Watt Hours Electrisity (1 000 000 000 kWhe)<br />
U uranium<br />
U-233 uranium-233 ( 233 U), fissile isotope of uranium<br />
U-234 uranium-234 ( 234 U)<br />
Acronyms and Abbreviations<br />
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