Published May 2000
| Version v1
Book
Production of nuclear grade thorium oxide
Creators
- 1. Indian Rare Earths Ltd., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
Description
Abundant thorium resources and limited availability of uranium from domestic sources has made India the only country with indigenous nuclear power capability to have immediate interest in thorium. The paper discusses the various processes used for manufacturing nuclear grade thorium oxide and the properties, procedure of testing of such materials
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Indian Nuclear Society
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- Eleventh annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society on power from thorium status, strategies and directions. V. 1: extended abstracts of contributed papers and programme
- Imprint Pagination
- 290 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 6-12
Conference
- Title
- 11. annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society on power from thorium status, strategies and directions
- Acronym
- INSAC-2000
- Dates
- 1-2 Jun 2000
- Place
- Mumbai (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 31033620
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPACTING; DENSITY; FLOWSHEETS; IMPURITIES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PURIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SINTERING; THORIUM; THORIUM NITRATES; THORIUM OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTROL; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGRAMS; ELEMENTS; FABRICATION; INFORMATION; METALS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PYROLYSIS; TESTING; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 8 refs., 6 ills.