Thorium fuel cycle

Thorium fuel cycle - nuclear fuel cycle using 232Th as fertile material, which absorbs neutrons to become into 233U (the nuclear fuel), which fissions to produce energy. Article “Thorium fuel cycle” in English Wikipedia has 52.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 37 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.76 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Thorium fuel cycle” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Thorium fuel cycle”, its content was written by 147 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 296 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 85 times in English Wikipedia and cited 281 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22405 in March 2011
• Global: #52229 in April 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #18924 in March 2011
• Global: #38153 in March 2011

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		52.4244
2	Chinese (zh) 釷燃料循環		51.3618
3	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		49.3376
4	Russian (ru) Ториевый топливный цикл		35.1429
5	Hindi (hi) थोरियम ईंधन चक्र		29.6349
6	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		27.4941
7	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		25.7561
8	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		22.1297
9	Ukrainian (uk) Торієвий паливний цикл		14.9708
10	Indonesian (id) Siklus bahan bakar torium		9.2788

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Thorium fuel cycle" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		1 557 934
2	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		213 122
3	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		155 249
4	Russian (ru) Ториевый топливный цикл		124 370
5	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		40 605
6	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		40 081
7	Persian (fa) چرخه سوخت توریوم		8 342
8	Hindi (hi) थोरियम ईंधन चक्र		6 657
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Thoriumreaktor		2 434
10	Ukrainian (uk) Торієвий паливний цикл		947

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Thorium fuel cycle" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		4 892
2	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		1 631
3	Russian (ru) Ториевый топливный цикл		1 271
4	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		724
5	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		148
6	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		100
7	Persian (fa) چرخه سوخت توریوم		78
8	Chinese (zh) 釷燃料循環		78
9	Hindi (hi) थोरियम ईंधन चक्र		66
10	Ukrainian (uk) Торієвий паливний цикл		62

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Thorium fuel cycle" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		147
2	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		67
3	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		18
4	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		16
5	Russian (ru) Ториевый топливный цикл		14
6	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		11
7	Hindi (hi) थोरियम ईंधन चक्र		7
8	Persian (fa) چرخه سوخت توریوم		6
9	Ukrainian (uk) Торієвий паливний цикл		5
10	Chinese (zh) 釷燃料循環		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Thorium fuel cycle" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 釷燃料循環		3
2	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		1
3	Persian (fa) چرخه سوخت توریوم		0
4	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		0
5	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		0
6	Hindi (hi) थोरियम ईंधन चक्र		0
7	Indonesian (id) Siklus bahan bakar torium		0
8	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		0
9	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		0
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Thoriumreaktor		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Thorium fuel cycle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Thorium fuel cycle		85
2	Finnish (fi) Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto		64
3	French (fr) Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium		38
4	Japanese (ja) トリウム燃料サイクル		18
5	Russian (ru) Ториевый топливный цикл		17
6	Indonesian (id) Siklus bahan bakar torium		15
7	Korean (ko) 토륨 연료 사이클		13
8	Chinese (zh) 釷燃料循環		10
9	Persian (fa) چرخه سوخت توریوم		9
10	Ukrainian (uk) Торієвий паливний цикл		9

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#	Language	Value
en	English Thorium fuel cycle
fa	Persian چرخه سوخت توریوم
fi	Finnish Torium-ydinpolttoainekierto
fr	French Cycle du combustible nucléaire au thorium
hi	Hindi थोरियम ईंधन चक्र
id	Indonesian Siklus bahan bakar torium
ja	Japanese トリウム燃料サイクル
ko	Korean 토륨 연료 사이클
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Thoriumreaktor
ru	Russian Ториевый топливный цикл
uk	Ukrainian Торієвий паливний цикл
zh	Chinese 釷燃料循環

Best Rank

English: #18924 03.2011

Global: #38153 03.2011

Best Rank

English: #22405 03.2011

Global: #52229 04.2024

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