We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

A recently declassified report has revealed that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated. The radioactive metal, already known to exist in vast quantities within China’s borders, ...

The Steenkampskraal mine is an existing mine that produced and exported a monazite concentrate during the 1950s and 1960s. The mine is considered one of the highest-grade rare earths and thorium mines ...

For the past 70 years or so, the idea of using thorium as an energy source for cars has come around time and again. Beginning with the concept for the 1957 Ford Nucleon that, if adopted, would have ...

The Steenkampskraal mine is an existing mine that produced and exported a monazite concentrate during the 1950s and 1960s. The mine is one of the highest-grade rare earths and thorium mines in the ...

"Reintroducing Thorium" was extremely interesting (C&EN, Nov. 16, 2009, page 44). Judging from this article, thorium has tremendous potential to provide the energy that society desperately needs ...

IDR has a good story to tell about a thorium deposit and rare earths. It's also got an ongoing gold mining operation. The rare earths and thorium story doesn't work for me - I value it as a small gold ...