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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Sentaro Takahashi, Shigeto Kawashima, Akihide Hidaka, Sota Tanaka, Tomoyuki Takahashi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 205 | Number 5 | May 2019 | Pages 646-654
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1521186
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A simulation model was developed to estimate the areal (surface) deposition pattern of 129mTe after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident. Using this model, the timing and intensity of the 129mTe release were reverse estimated from the environmental monitoring data. Validation using 137Cs data showed that the model simulated atmospheric dispersion and estimated surface deposition with relatively high accuracy. The estimated surface deposition pattern of 129mTe was consistent with the actual measured pattern. The estimated time and activity of 129mTe emissions indicated that 129mTe was predominantly emitted from FDNPP Unit 3.