The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful ...

The experimental TMSR built by SINAP, in cooperation with other Chinese institutions, is a unique facility. It currently ...

China's thorium molten salt reactor has become the first in the world to transmute thorium fuel into uranium fuel for nuclear ...

Chinese research institute confirms success of fission-based innovation that is poised to reshape clean, sustainable nuclear ...

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When the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, achieved a fusion energy gain factor of 1.6 on a test of its laser-based fusion reactor, the response was either utter elation or jaded skepticism ...

Scientists may have found the answer to our energy needs, and as much as we don’t like it, it has the shape of a nuclear reactor. Nevertheless, it is much safer than everything in operation today and ...

The Integral MSR is also based on the MSR Experiment but has been modified to have a more sealed, passive approach. The design team is based in Canada with international involvement and support. An 80 ...

In the meantime, the Gates-backed company is getting to work in Utah as it explores potential reactor sites. "I don't think ...

A team from the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) the Netherlands has built the first molten salt reactor powered by thorium in decades. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Carolyn Krause concludes her series looking at Stan Thompson, Glenn Seaborg, and Alvin Weinberg with this look at the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment. She enlisted the help of Ronnie Bogard, the ...

China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, ...