Florida startup AMPERA 3D-printed a thorium reactor core as the US races to catch up with China's advanced nuclear ambitions.

Commentary: At the dawn of the nuclear age, it was a contest between two fuels: uranium and thorium. Thorium can’t start a ...

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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 ...

Advanced energy technology group AMPERA announced the company has completed production of what it called the first full-scale ...

In developing a working thorium reactor Gawronski faces a major problem: time isn’t on his side in the U.S. To build an unproven power plant, he said, will take at least 20 years here. Heck, even the ...

Chinese environment authorities have officially approved the commissioning of the "Thorium Molten Salt Reactor - Liquid Fuel 1" (TMSR-LF1), marking a significant step forward in China's pursuit of ...

China has achieved a significant milestone in its pursuit of advanced nuclear technologies by launching its first thorium reactor. The South China Morning Post reports that this two-megawatt ...

We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...

JACKSON Ð While meeting with the president of an African nation where he hopes to build a demonstration-scale molten salt thorium reactor, the lights went out on Jackson Hole resident Matthew ...

Thu, April 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC It is possible to recycle the U-233 decay into new fuel, or continue fueling the machine with it as is, the latter of which is usually done with molten salt reactors ...