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Why China’s Thorium Reactor Is So Important
China’s thorium reactor is so important because it serves as an opportunity for the United States to move into the thorium ...
Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...
With Clean Core’s thorium-based fuel (called Aneel) expected to enter the market within the next two to three years, Shah ...
Radioactive waste can remain hazardous for millions of years. The lack of a clear disposal strategy is pushing some to search ...
Thorium is fertile but not fissile ... but also accelerator driven system and high-temperature gas-cooled reactor design. As much as the three-stage plan was aimed at securing weapons-grade ...
A thorium-fueled reactor is the latest idea being revived after getting shelved in the mid-20th century. China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear ...
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 ...