US EditionChina Reaches Energy Independence Milestone by ‘Breeding’ Uranium From Thorium
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China has reached a historic milestone in advanced nuclear research by achieving for the first time the first conversion of thorium fuel, i.e. the conversion of thorium to uranium-233 within an experimental melted salt reactor. This advance, led by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) of the Chinese Academy of [...]
Nuclear: China surpasses everyone and powers up a thorium reactor. Energy for 60,000 years? - Economic Scenarios
While in Europe the energy debate seems to be stalled between subsidies for renewables and the timid return to nuclear power (uranium), news has arrived from China that could redefine the strategic balance of power for the coming decades. Beijing has just announced the successful completion of the first-ever conversion of thorium to uranium fuel inside a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) . The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics ( SINAP ) of …
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