I believe that physics when gone to extremes still have new laws to be discovered. I keep on searching ways to increasing the rate of a radioactive decay. People keep saying that the radioactive decays are constants. I agree to a point that they stay constant on a stable world. All my propositions are creating instability for the atoms to accelerate the decay.
I found two articles on the topic. Unfortunately, the first one requires a subscription.
Radioactivity gets fast-forward
Maybe Radioactive Decay Rates Aren't Physical Constants
My new proposition is a modified version of a Vacuum tube diode. The filament of the tube heats up the cathode material which emits electrons that are accelerated by the plate voltage. I propose tungsten filament as a heater that heats the cathode material above thousand degrees. The cathode material will be a thin thorium sheet. The cathode will be connected to the ground potential. A very high voltage will be applied to the plate which will be coated with an insulator. The tube will be filled with hydrogen gas. The idea is not to create an electric circuit, but to bombard the thorium sheet with hydrogen ions which are just protons. It’s just an idea to convert Thorium 232 to Thorium 233 which decays into Protactinium 233. Protactinium 233 would then be used on a Thorium salt reactor.
New project re-ignites European interest in thorium
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