Chinese scientists have successfully converted thorium into uranium in an operational molten salt reactor, achieving a ...

China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has completed the first-ever thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in its ...

The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful ...

The experimental TMSR built by SINAP, in cooperation with other Chinese institutions, is a unique facility. It currently ...

China reveals the specs for its 14,000-container nuclear cargo ship, powered by an ultra-efficient 200MW thorium molten salt ...

China has confirmed a major milestone in nuclear science after achieving the world’s first successful conversion of thorium ...

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 ...

China's thorium molten salt reactor has become the first in the world to transmute thorium fuel into uranium fuel for nuclear ...

China has unveiled a new thorium-powered nuclear reactor designed for use on large maritime vessels — a breakthrough that ...

Technological breakthrough could revolutionise commercial shipping, naval engineering and deep sea operations if rolled out ...

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China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, ...