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

China has launched the world’s first container ship powered by a thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR), marking a potential ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

They've built the world's first 2-megawatt liquid-fueled thorium molten salt reactor and achieved transforming thorium into usable nuclear fuel. This thorium-uranium conversion breakthrough offers a ...

Chinese scientists have completed a major breakthrough in clean energy by reloading fresh fuel into a working thorium molten salt reactor. They did this while the reactor continued running, marking a ...

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