China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion ...

China has just crossed a threshold that many nuclear engineers have talked about for decades but no country had previously ...

China has reportedly achieved the world's first successful thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in an operational molten salt reactor, potentially reshaping global nuclear energy and shifting ...

China has launched the world’s first container ship powered by a thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR), marking a potential milestone in nuclear maritime propulsion and low-emission shipping technologies ...

China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A top down view of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 1960s molten salt reactor experiment, an ...

A recently declassified report has revealed that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated. The radioactive metal, already known to exist in vast quantities within China’s borders, ...

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 ...

Sanghnomics: India is focusing on thorium-based nuclear energy to ensure energy security, reduce geopolitical vulnerabilities, and enhance global leadership in clean energy, with significant reserves ...