Thorium Production in India

1776.32 tons of Thorium, in the form of Thorium Oxalate and Thorium Nitrate, has been produced during the year 2021-22.

Thorium Oxide (Thoria) pellets contained in bundles have been used in the initial cores of operating Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and operating experience has been generated.

Thoria based fuels have also been irradiated in the research reactors of BARC and IGCAR. After such irradiation these fuel elements have been examined in the laboratories at BARC and IGCAR.