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China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’ (www.scmp.com)
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It marks the first long-term, stable operation of the technology, putting China at the forefront of a global race to harness thorium – considered a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium – for nuclear power.

The experimental reactor, located in the Gobi Desert in China’s west, uses molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium – a radioactive element abundant in the Earth’s crust – as the fuel source. The reactor is reportedly designed to sustainably generate 2 megawatts of thermal power.

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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Remember when it was all the hype when things just started - crazy to see it actually happen

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Thorium? Fucking sweet!

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

this is toy sized reactor, not even entire technology demonstrator, there are medical isotope/research reactors with power 20MWt and more

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago

take the thinly veiled racism elsewhere

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[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Well, that and lack of diligently enforced safety standards.

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