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

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

An experimental reactor developed in the Gobi Desert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, paving the way for an ...

China has unveiled critical details of a revolutionary cargo ship under development: a nuclear-powered vessel that can carry 14,000 standard shipping containers. But what makes this ship truly ...

Thorium reactors are being developed as advanced small modular reactors by a Danish company, designed to be compact and self-maintaining, with the potential for reliable long-term operation. This ...

They've built the world's first 2-megawatt liquid-fueled thorium molten salt reactor and achieved transforming thorium into ...

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, ...

Xu Hongjie, a nuclear physicist and pioneer of China’s thorium reactor programme, who has died at the age of 70, remained engaged and involved in his field until his last moments, and just weeks ...

Reactor building atrium of the thorium molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] "Over 90 percent of the reactor's components are domestically produced, with ...

The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel the country’s carbon-free future. As India is home to the world’s largest reserves of thorium, its long-term nuclear power strategy culminates in ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – On March 4 India stepped into a milestone second stage of its three-stage nuclear power program with the commencement of “core loading” at the first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor ...

For all of the semiconductor industry’s legendary reputation for cleanliness, the actual processes that go into making chips use some of the nastiest stuff imaginable. Silicon oxide is comes from ...