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China reaches energy independence milestone by 'breeding' uranium from thorium (scmp.com)
9 points by mpweiher 48 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> "since achieving first criticality on October 11, 2023, the thorium molten salt reactor has been steadily generating heat through nuclear fission"

TMSRs are a promising technology, unfortunate all but abandoned in the US. Hopefully China achieves a complete success in that area, so we can copy the tech from them...




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