18.08.2015   NUCLEAR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

THORIUM ISOTOPES

Table 6.2 lists the most important isotopes of thorium, together with their properties of greatest significance in nuclear technology.

2200 m/s cross sections Neutron yield

Fission, Absorption, Per fission, Per absorption,

Nuclide

°a

V

rj = vofloa

233 U

531.1

578.8

2.492

2.287

235 U

582.2

680.8

2.418

2.068

239 Pu

742.5

1011.3

2.871

2.108