Thorium has been called the “forgotten fuel of the future.” For decades, it remained in the shadows of uranium and fossil fuels, but interest is now surging. With the potential to provide clean, ...

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 ...

Maharashtra is advancing plans to build India's first commercial thorium-based nuclear power plants, a significant shift in the nation's energy strategy ...

China has unveiled plans for a groundbreaking cargo ship that could change the future of global shipping. The vessel is set to be the world’s largest nuclear-powered cargo ship and will be fueled by ...

Now that we can access uranium from the international market, the thermal reactor capacity is on a growth path. This scale-up ...

The second stage uses this plutonium in fast breeder reactors to multiply fuel and prepare the ground for the final phase — ...

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 ...