China Achieves Thorium-to-Uranium Fuel Conversion in Experimental Molten Salt Reactor
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Chinese researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics have successfully demonstrated thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in an experimental molten salt reactor in the Gobi Desert. The 2 megawatt liquid-fuelled thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) is currently the world's only operating example of this technology to have successfully loaded and used thorium fuel. This achievement provides initial proof of technical feasibility for using thorium resources in molten salt reactors, potentially enabling a nearly endless supply of nuclear energy.
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The achievement makes the 2 megawatt liquid-fuelled thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) the only operating example of the technology in the world to have successfully loaded and used thorium fuel.
According to the academy, the experiment has provided initial proof of the technical feasibility of using thorium resources in molten salt reactor
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