Economics of large-scale thorium oxide production: assessment of domestic resources
Abstract
The supply curve illustrates that sufficient amounts of thorium exist supply a domestic thorium-reactor economy. Most likely costs of production range from $3 to $60/lb ThO/sub 2/. Near-term thorium oxide resources include the stockpiles in Ohio, Maryland, and Tennessee and the thorite deposits at Hall Mountain, Idaho. Costs are under $10/lb thorium oxide. Longer term economic deposits include Wet Mountain, Colorado; Lemhi Pass, Idaho; and Palmer, Michigan. Most likely costs are under $20/lb thorium oxide. Long-term deposits include Bald Mountain, Wyoming; Bear Lodge, Wyoming; and Conway, New Hampshire. Costs approximately equal or exceed $50/lb thorium oxide.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5432574
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-3150
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-06-1830
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; THORIUM CYCLE; THORIUM OXIDES; PRODUCTION; THORIUM REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; THORIUM RESERVES; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; COST; ORE PROCESSING; THORIUM ORES; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL CYCLE; FUELS; MATERIALS; ORES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PROCESSING; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESERVES; RESOURCES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; 050100* - Nuclear Fuels- Reserves, Exploration, & Mining; 290600 - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy
Citation Formats
Young, J K, Bloomster, C H, Enderlin, W I, Morgenstern, M H, Ballinger, M Y, Drost, M K, and Weakley, S A. Economics of large-scale thorium oxide production: assessment of domestic resources. United States: N. p., 1980.
Web. doi:10.2172/5432574.
Young, J K, Bloomster, C H, Enderlin, W I, Morgenstern, M H, Ballinger, M Y, Drost, M K, & Weakley, S A. Economics of large-scale thorium oxide production: assessment of domestic resources. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5432574
Young, J K, Bloomster, C H, Enderlin, W I, Morgenstern, M H, Ballinger, M Y, Drost, M K, and Weakley, S A. 1980.
"Economics of large-scale thorium oxide production: assessment of domestic resources". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5432574. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5432574.
@article{osti_5432574,
title = {Economics of large-scale thorium oxide production: assessment of domestic resources},
author = {Young, J K and Bloomster, C H and Enderlin, W I and Morgenstern, M H and Ballinger, M Y and Drost, M K and Weakley, S A},
abstractNote = {The supply curve illustrates that sufficient amounts of thorium exist supply a domestic thorium-reactor economy. Most likely costs of production range from $3 to $60/lb ThO/sub 2/. Near-term thorium oxide resources include the stockpiles in Ohio, Maryland, and Tennessee and the thorite deposits at Hall Mountain, Idaho. Costs are under $10/lb thorium oxide. Longer term economic deposits include Wet Mountain, Colorado; Lemhi Pass, Idaho; and Palmer, Michigan. Most likely costs are under $20/lb thorium oxide. Long-term deposits include Bald Mountain, Wyoming; Bear Lodge, Wyoming; and Conway, New Hampshire. Costs approximately equal or exceed $50/lb thorium oxide.},
doi = {10.2172/5432574},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5432574},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
}
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