Assertion: thorium | /r/ObjectUse | used as fuel
Facets:
value: for generating nuclear energy
type: PURPOSE
value: in a nuclear reactor
type: LOCATION
value: than uranium
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Thorium can also be used as a fuel for generating nuclear energy.
text: However, thorium is more difficult to use than uranium as a fuel because it requires breeding, and global uranium prices remain low enough that breeding is not cost effective.
text: Thorium can be used in the fuel or as a target in certain reactor designs to produce uranium-233, which is subsequently burned in the nuclear reactor or could be extracted for use in a nuclear explosive.
text: Thorium can also be used as a fuel for generating nuclear energy.
text: Thorium can also be used as a fuel for generating nuclear energy.
text: One of the most important factor of Thorium is that, it is fertile rather than fissile, and can only be used as a fuel in conjunction with a fissile material such as recycled plutonium.
text: Thorium, as well as uranium, can be used as fuel in a nuclear reactor.