In 1980, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observed that protactinium, a chemical element generated in thorium reactors, could be separated and allowed to decay to isotopically pure ...

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with the once fairly common Mag-Thor ...

WHEN uranium or thorium is bombarded with neutrons, a number of radioactive bodies are formed with periods ranging from a few seconds to several days. The decay of this assembly of fission products ...

Alliance has the potential to develop commercial technologies and sources of isotopes needed for a new domestic medical supply chain Uranium and thorium are long-lived (long "half life"), naturally ...