But, in the spirit of rebranding, it is interesting to note that the main source of Earth's internal heat comes from the radioactive decay of uranium, thorium ... chemistry of uranium was born ...

On our planet today, rapid decarbonization is necessary if we are to protect and safeguard the Earth’s future for generations to come. However, given that our societies rely on fossil-fuel based ...

Finally, PhD Student Alasdair Formanuik was awarded the biennial Young Radiochemistry Researcher of the Year Award for his work on thorium chemistry. Thorium is becoming increasingly more viable than ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

A team of researchers, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado, found that physical vapour deposition (PVD) of thorium-229 could reduce the amount of this expensive and radioactive ...