Today is Groundhog Day-- but did you know that it's also Thorium day? 81 years ago today Glenn Seaborg and his grad student discovered that when thorium absorbs a neutron, it undergoes a double beta decay to form Uranium-233. While today we almost exclusively use U-235 for nuclear fuel, U-233 derived from Thorium could be used as fuel in the future. Learn more about Thorium here: whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html #pronuclear #nuclear #cleanenergy #carbonfree #nuclearpowerplant #energy #nuclearenergy #nuclearpower #generationatomic #climatechange #groundhog #groundhogday #groundhogday2023 #thoriumday #thorium