China has reportedly achieved the world’s first successful thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in an operational molten salt ...

China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has completed the first-ever thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in its ...

New research addresses the fundamental science necessary to increase the efficiency of nuclear energy. Researchers have now documented the unique chemistry dynamics and structure of high-temperature ...

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 ...

Natura Resources LLC (Natura) recently announced that the company intends to enter into a strategic lease agreement for the ...

Long overlooked beside uranium, thorium is emerging as a cleaner, safer alternative for nuclear power. This feature explores ...

Scientists discovered the reason behind Elephant’s Foot, buried beneath Chernobyl Reactor 4 which was formed in 1986. It ...

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A top down view of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 1960s molten salt reactor experiment, an ...

The Elephant’s Foot, a solidified mass formed beneath Chernobyl’s Reactor Four in 1986, once emitted nearly 10,000 roentgens ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world leader in molten salt reactor technology development — and its researchers additionally perform the fundamental science necessary to ...