THORIUM AS AN ENERGY SOURCE - Opportunities for Norway ...
THORIUM AS AN ENERGY SOURCE - Opportunities for Norway ...
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Thorium as an Energy Source - <strong>Opportunities</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Norway</strong><br />
U-235 uranium-235 ( 235 U), fissile isotope of uranium (0.7 wt% in natural uranium)<br />
U-236 uranium-236 ( 236 U)<br />
U-238 uranium-238 ( 238 U)<br />
U3O8 Triuranium octaoxide (Yellow cake) (directly from the uranium mines)<br />
(An oxide <strong>for</strong>m of uranium that is the most common chemical <strong>for</strong>m) found in nature.<br />
UC2 uranium carbide<br />
UCO uranium oxycarbide<br />
UF6 Uranium hexafluoride (a compound used in the uranium enrichment process)<br />
UiB University of Bergen, <strong>Norway</strong><br />
UiO University of Oslo, <strong>Norway</strong><br />
UMB Norwegian University of Life Sciences at Ås, <strong>Norway</strong><br />
UNENE University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering<br />
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />
UNIK University studies at Kjeller<br />
UO2 uranium dioxide<br />
UOIT University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada<br />
USGS The US Geological Survey<br />
VHTR Very-High-Temperature Reactor (Generation IV concept)<br />
VVER Russian version of the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)<br />
WNU World Nuclear University<br />
WNUCC WNU Coordinating Centre in London<br />
wt% weight percent<br />
Xe-135 xenon-135 ( 135 Xe)<br />
Y yttrium<br />
zircon zirconium silicate (ZrSiO4)<br />
Zr zirconium<br />
βeff delayed neutron fraction<br />
$ reactivity unit, 1$ is the reactivity insertion that will make a critical reactor prompt critical<br />
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