Energy Production from Neutron-rich Uranium and Thorium Isotopes

The structural properties of the recently predicted thermally fissile neutron-rich Uranium and Thorium isotopes are studied using the relativistic mean field formalism. The investigation of the new phenomena of multifragmentation fission is analysed. In addition to the fission properties, the total reaction cross-section of these nuclei are evaluated taking ^6,11Li as projectiles. The possible use of nuclear fuel in an accelerator based reactor is discussed which may be the substitution of ^233,235U and ²³⁹Pu for nuclear fuel in near future.