• U-233 may refer to: German submarine U-233, a German Type X submarine used in World War II Uranium-233 (U-233 or 233U), an isotope of uranium This disambiguation...
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  • Uranium-233 (233U or U-233) is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated...
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    German submarine U-233 was a Type XB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 15 August 1941, launched on 8 May...
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    decays, resulting in the production of fissile U-233. The SNF of a cycle with thorium will contain U-233. Its radioactive decay will strongly influence...
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  • curies per kilogram of U-233, and the penetrating gamma radiation is a thousand times greater than that from plutonium. Aged U-233 is thus radiologically...
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    reaction and two beta minus decays, resulting in the production of fissile U-233. Its radioactive decay will strongly influence the long-term activity curve...
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  • year: Th-229, U-233, U-235, Np-236, Pu-239, Pu-241, Am-242m, Cm-243, Cm-245, Cm-247, Bk-248, Cf-249, Cf-251 and Es-252. Of these, only U-235 is naturally...
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    mixing LEU with thorium, which generates the fissile isotope U-233. Both plutonium and U-233 are produced from the absorption of neutrons by irradiating...
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    reactor, 232 Th is transmuted into the fissile artificial uranium isotope 233 U which is the nuclear fuel. Unlike natural uranium, natural thorium contains...
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    Type X submarines commissioned. U-116 U-117 U-118 U-119 U-219 U-220 U-233 U-234 Six Type XBs were lost to various causes. U-116 was last heard of on 6 October...
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    be used to breed U-233 nuclear fuel. U-233 is also believed to have favourable nuclear properties as compared to traditionally used U-235, including better...
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  • U-233 (a fissile isotope) from the abundant available thorium-232 within the country, to launch the third stage nuclear energy programme based on U-233...
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    fission, to become Th-233 and U-239 respectively. After two sequential beta decays, they transmute into fissile isotopes U-233 and Pu-239 respectively...
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    1977. It used pellets made of thorium dioxide and uranium-233 oxide; initially, the U-233 content of the pellets was 5–6% in the seed region, 1.5–3%...
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    States also built an experimental prototype molten salt reactor (MSR) using U-233 fuel, the fissile material created by bombarding thorium with neutrons....
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    damaged by Baker and sunk by Thomas proved to be the 1,600 ton minelayer, U-233. Putting into Boston on 7 July, TG 22.10 turned over its prisoners and provisioned...
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    has been enriched to about 90% U-235.[citation needed] U-233 is produced from thorium-232 by neutron capture. The U-233 produced thus does not require...
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    more of U-235 (11 pounds; contained in uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the U-235 isotope); or 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) or more of U-233; or 5...
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  • that further plutonium (ideally high-fissile Pu) is produced as well as U-233. The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) has identified almost 12 million...
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    power stations designed to produce electric power and convert thorium into U-233, or depleted uranium into more plutonium with breeding gain… The second...
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    lowercase Latin Uu⟩. Both uppercase and lowercase handwritten forms of the Cyrillic letter I look like handwritten forms of the Latin letter U. Since 1918...
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  • through U-119 Type VIIF U-1059 through U-1062 Type IXD /42 U-883 and U-884 Type XB U-219 and U-220 U-233 and U-234 Type XIV U-459 through U-464 U-487 through...
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  • radioactive operation. The U-233 recovered during the operation was used in fabricating the fuel for the KAlpakkam MINI reactor (KAMINI). U-233 was also useful for...
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  • (link) Kang, Jungmin; von Hippel, Frank N. (2001). "U-232 and the proliferation-resistance of U-233 in spent fuel". Science and Global Security. 9 (1):...
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    1941; U-234 was damaged during construction, but launched on 23 December 1943. Following the loss of U-233 in July 1944, it was decided not to use U-234...
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  • SM U-23 was one of the 329 U-boats serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-23 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First...
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  • Shakti IV: A 0.5 kt experimental fission device Shakti V: A 0.2 kt Thorium/U-233 experimental fission device An additional, sixth device (Shakti VI) was...
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    operated from 1966 until 1969 (with six months down time to move from U-235 to U-233 fuel) and proved the viability of molten salt reactors, while also producing...
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  • U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36 U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99...
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  • Congress on the extraction of medical isotopes from U-233 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. U.S. Department of Energy. March 2001 Karpeshin, F...
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