These are mostly mined for the rare earths; the thorium is a low-value waste product. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Wingo - Why Space? Why Now? - NASA Watch] Reference
Nuclear fuel, ie uranium and potentially thorium, is incredibly abundant and currently inexpensive. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Should We Take Another Shot at Nuclear Power?] Reference
Breeders can also be designed to utilize thorium, which is more abundant than uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Should a different fuel - something called thorium - be used in our nuclear reactors instead?. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
Should a different fuel -- something called thorium -- be used in our nuclear reactors instead?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Former Senator Pete Domenici Delivers Speech on Future of Global Nuclear Energy] Reference
When certain substances, such as thorium and cerium, are heated, they do not melt or vaporize, but glow with an intense bright light. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
The mean specific gravity of pure thorium is about 11. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882] Reference
A few feet away from the spot was a thick pyramid of thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
He didn't want chunks of thorium flying around from the blast. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
It wasn't practical to take the thorium rock in for a landing. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
They would be compared with a chunk of thorium of the same size. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
Emperor of all the metal molecules and king of the thorium spurs. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
This asteroid might have been a pocket of pure thorium in the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
They would have to be mounted in thorium in order to keep them rigid. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
In a moment he stood aside and Koa lifted out a perfect ring of thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
In a moment he stood aside, and Koa lifted out a perfect ring of thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
But when mixed with fine carbon, thorium alpha contamination makes a mess. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
But thorium mostly gives off the kind of radiation known as alpha particles. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
On the sun side he remembered a series of high-piled, giant crystals of thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
Every few moments he pushed another circle or spindle of thorium out of the hole. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
Compounds of only two of these substances, uranium and thorium, are radio-active. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry] Reference
Superheavy element 122, which chemists claim to have found in a sample of thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
His torch flared, slicing through the thorium as he prepared their firing position. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
The residue of carbon and thorium on the blast tube walls was stubborn, dirty, and penetrating. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
Give the derivation of the names of the following elements: thorium, gallium, selenium, uranium. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Becquerel's discovery, experiments proved that salts of the rare metal thorium are radio-active. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry] Reference
Apparently he was supposed to do a lot of cutting on the asteroid, probably of the thorium itself. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
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