China reaches energy independence milestone by 'breeding' uranium from thorium

8 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by mpweiher

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bigbadfeline

13 hours ago

> "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...