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Overview of the thorium programme in India

Vijayan et al., 2016

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8345993329809022077
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Vijayan P
Dulera I
Krishnani P
Vaze K
Basu S
Sinha R
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Thorium Energy for the World: Proceedings of the ThEC13 Conference, CERN, Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013

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The use of thorium is necessary from a long-term objective of sustainability of nuclear energy resources in India. Its use requires reprocessing to separate the fissile 233 U for sustained operation using 232 Th–233 U. Over the years, owing to sustained technology …
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