The Indian 3-stage nuclear power strategy is based on a ‘closed’ fuel cycle in order to optimally use the country’s limited uranium resources and exploit its vast reserves of thorium (Th-232) – a ...

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 holds the world's largest thorium reserves, and developing technologies to use them could not only strengthen energy security but also reduce proliferation risks ...

China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion inside an operating molten salt reactor (MSR). The milestone provides the ...

By fully operationalising the thorium fuel cycle, India can insulate itself from global turbulence, reduce external ...

- 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 ...

Asia has become the global fulcrum of nuclear energy growth, counting 145 operational reactors and 45 under construction in the region. The enviable growth of the continent and the subsequent capacity ...

China’s Institute of Modern Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is building what it calls the world’s first ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

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 ...

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 ...