Uranium-233 has been used as a fuel in several different reactor types, and is proposed as a fuel for several new designs (see Thorium fuel cycle), all of which breed it from thorium.
The fission of one atom of uranium-233 generates 197.9 MeV = 3.171 &times; 10−11 J, i.e. 19.09 TJ/mol = 81.95