Sentences with phrase «products than the uranium»

The thorium mined at Baley is likely to have a different set of decay products than the uranium minerals (which typically contain a mix of uranium isotopes called «natural uranium» - or «u-nat» - a mixture of the isotopes uranium - 235, uranium - 234 and uranium - 238 commonly found in nature) mined at US, German and South Africa sites.

Not exact matches

Robert Finkelman, a former USGS coordinator of coal quality who oversaw research on uranium in fly ash in the 1990s, says that for the average person the by - product accounts for a miniscule amount of background radiation, probably less than 0.1 percent of total background radiation exposure.

It is relatively easy to separate this plutonium, because the depleted uranium blanket is less contaminated with highly radioactive fission products than regular spent fuel.

We both talked about how nuclear power especially Thorium - based nuclear power could be a solution for future power needs that would provide a stable base electrical grid while at the same time having far fewer problems than the current fission products based on uranium and plutonium.

This uranium is no more dangerous after being in the reactor than it was before (except that now it's mixed with other products).