Is thorium the key to safe, sustainable nuclear power? Explore its history, game-changing potential, and the global race to ...

And the thorium dream is becoming a reality in China, where an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor was built in 2021. The reactor, situated in the Gobi Desert, is under constant testing ...

China’s outlined a buildout of nuclear power in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025), released in March 2021. China plans 150 ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

Copenhagen Atomics is a Danish molten salt technology company developing mass manufacturable molten-salt reactors. The ...

Why embracing next-generation nuclear technology could solve energy shortages, reduce CO2 emissions, and secure a brighter ...

a molten salt reactor of Chinese design that is said to use a thorium fuel cycle. Not only would this provide the immense amount of electrical power needed to propel the ship, it would eliminate ...

Copenhagen Atomics is leading the global race of delivering the first commercial thorium reactor. The company expects to demonstrate the viability of its process sooner than its competitors as it ...

A technology called the molten-salt reactor first went online in 1965 at ... of people for millions of years using a common element: thorium. Listen for more about thorium plus Bill Nye and ...

India's nuclear power plant in Kudankulam was breached by North Korean hackers looking for information on thorium-based reactors — an alternative to using uranium. India is currently the leader ...