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 ...

Clean Core Thorium Energy CEO said the burnup milestone is a transformative moment for the future of nuclear energy.

Power-short Indonesia has been mulling building a nuclear power plant for nearly 15 years, and it is exploring a number of novel options, including high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) and a ...

A new license for Clean Core Thorium Energy to sell its fuel to India could revolutionize the nation's nuclear industry.

On our planet today, rapid decarbonization is necessary if we are to protect and safeguard the Earth’s future for generations ...

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 ...

- The waste products from a thorium reactor are far less dangerous than those of a uranium reactor - The thorium fuel can be made into some kind of gel-like substance that is essentially its own ...

China plans to repurpose retiring coal plants into nuclear stations under a C2N strategy led by CEEC, deploying advanced ...

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