Publications and Press Releases
Publications
Klara Insulander Bjørk’s paper on
A BWR Fuel Assembly Design for Efficient Use of Plutonium in Thorium-Plutonium fuel.
Other selected publications from journals and conferences
Comparison of Thorium-Plutonium fuel and MOX fuel for PWRs
Thorium-plutonium fuel for long operating cycles in PWRs – preliminary calculations.
Designing a Thorium Fuel Irradiation Experiment, see pages 165-171
Study of Thorium-Plutonium Fuel for Possible Operating Cycle Extension in PWRs
Article by Klara Insulander Björk, Cheuk Wah Lau, Henrik Nylén and Urban Sandberg in
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Irradiation of a thorium–plutonium rodlet: Experiment and benchmark calculations, by Klara Insulander Björk, S. Mittagc, R. Nabbid, A. Rineiskie, O. Schitthelmd, and B. Vezzonie.
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Research Article: Feasibility Study of 1/3 Thorium-Plutonium Mixed Oxide Core, by Cheuk Wah Lau, Henrik Nylén, Klara Insulander Björk, and Urban Sandberg
Press releases
2018.01.30 New generation thorium mixed oxide fuel pellets loaded into reactor for testing
2017.01.20 Thor Energy strengthens collaboration with Cambridge University
2016.01.12 Second round of thorium test irradiation underway
2013.07.01 Thorium Fuel – Test irradiation underway in Norway
2012.02.10 Thorium nuclear fuel irradiation project initiated