Thorium energy experts at the Thorium Energy Alliance Conference told The Epoch Times what they believe has limited the use of the mildly radioactive element, long touted as a potential alternative or complement to plutonium and enriched uranium in nuclear reactors. Unlike uranium-235, the isotope in enriched uranium that sustains a nuclear chain reaction, thorium…
Thorium Insiders Explain What Is Holding It Back From Wider Use
October 14, 2022
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China to Activate Experimental Nuclear Molten Salt Reactor, Hopes to Obtain Full Intellectual Rights
In China’s remote northwest Gansu province, Chinese scientists successfully designed, and built, an experimental thorium-powered molten salt reactor—and they’re about to power it up. Initially, 2024 was the projected completion date for the prototype; but a healthy research and design budget, plus a push from Beijing, thrust completion of the reactor ahead of schedule. The…
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