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 ...

Alternate Fuels: Thorium and Uranium-233, Report to Congress March 2023 This report describes the potential use of thorium fuel and uranium-233 (U-233) in future Generation IV reactor designs and in ...

India's atomic energy program is poised to enter a transformative phase as its most advanced and complex nuclear reactor - the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) - nears operational readiness.

- 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 ...

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, August 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The nonfiction book Thorium-Powered Abundance has reached the #1 spot in Amazon’s Nuclear ...

A team from the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) the Netherlands has built the first molten salt reactor powered by thorium in decades. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam is set to begin next week. This marks a significant step for India's nuclear program. The 500 MWe reactor, developed by ...

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At a test site in Norway, Thor Energy has successfully created a thorium nuclear reactor -- but not in the sense that most people think of when they hear the word thorium. The Norwegians haven't ...

The starting point is stunning enough to seem almost mythological: a giant thorium reserve discovered at the Bayan Obo mining complex in Inner Mongolia. Chinese geological teams confirmed that the ...