Thorium Molten-Salt Reactors and the Importance of Uranium-233
1 min read Uranium-233 is important as seed-fissile for dual-fluid “Pure Cycle” Thorium Molten-Salt Reactors. U-233 does the fissioning in the core-salt (FLiBe salts containing U-233), and basically operates like ORNL’s MSRE seen in this…