Determining Thorium requirements for conversion reactor

[shreddinglicks]

For a given fuel and quantity, is there a way to estimate the Thorium requirements?

 

[Astronuc]

For a given fuel and quantity, is there a way to estimate the Thorium requirements?

That depends on the type reactors, the type of fuel and how much thorium one wishes to convert to ²³³U. What kind of reactor, and what type of fuel is one envisioning?

 

[shreddinglicks]

Let's say it's a light water reactor fueled by uranium 233. The goal is to convert enough uranium 233 from Thorium 232 to breakaway from uranium 235. So a conversion rate of 1 or slightly over 1.