China has just crossed a threshold that many nuclear engineers have talked about for decades but no country had previously achieved at scale: turning thorium into a practical, operating source of low ...

The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the Shanghai Institute of Applied ...

China has confirmed a major milestone in nuclear science after achieving the world’s first successful conversion of thorium into uranium fuel inside a working molten salt reactor. The experimental ...

China plans to launch commercial operations at the world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) to generate nuclear energy as ...

China has revealed it is developing a cargo ship powered by a thorium molten salt reactor, highlighting new nuclear options for marine propulsion.

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) present a new approach to industrial fission power. The nuclear fuel is dissolved in a high-temperature alkali-halide melt, such as lithium fluoride or sodium chloride, and ...

A Russian company has developed a production process for lithium-7 fluoride. Lithium-7 fluoride, to be used in the molten ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are experiencing a significant comeback, driven by their scalability, siting flexibility, and ability to provide carbon-free baseload power, crucial for rising AI energy ...

The nuclear technology company Kairos is using molten salt cooling, a technique originally developed in the mid-20th century, to advance the safety and reliability of small, modular nuclear reactors, ...

Company has leased the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL) in central Utah, expanding its molten salt reactor (MSR) program beyond research-grade testing and fuel qualification to accelerate deployment ...