China has just crossed a threshold that many nuclear engineers have talked about for decades but no country had previously achieved at scale: turning thorium into a practical, operating source of low ...

It can further ease pressure on energy grids. Chinese researchers achieve breakthrough in pursuit of next-gen nuclear power: ...

China has revealed it is developing a cargo ship powered by a thorium molten salt reactor, highlighting new nuclear options for marine propulsion.

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The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the Shanghai Institute of Applied ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Jiangnan Shipyard outlines thorium-powered 25,000-container vessel for 2035. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

Although uranium-235 is the typical fuel for commercial fission reactors on account of it being fissile, it’s relatively rare relative to the fertile U-238 and thorium (Th-232). Using either of these ...

What if the key to solving the world’s energy crisis has been hiding in plain sight, buried within the Earth’s crust? Imagine an energy source that is not only abundant and efficient but also safer ...