# @generationatomic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CoK4sndvvgf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12179485-generationatomic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-02-02T18:29:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Generation Atomic (@generationatomic) — https://gondola.cc/generationatomic

## Caption

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: https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html

#pronuclear #nuclear #cleanenergy #carbonfree #nuclearpowerplant #energy #nuclearenergy #nuclearpower #generationatomic #climatechange #groundhog #groundhogday #groundhogday2023 #thoriumday #thorium

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groundhogday, carbonfree, generationatomic, cleanenergy, groundhogday2023, thoriumday, thorium, nuclearpower, groundhog, energy, nuclearpowerplant, climatechange, pronuclear, nuclear, nuclearenergy

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