A recently declassified geological survey suggests that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated, placing ...

Increased investment in this sector not only provides low-carbon, base-load power, but also invigorates the country’s ...

This is why the nuclear industry is interested in alternative fuels for future nuclear reactors, and one candidate may be thorium, which has been gaining scientific interest for some time.

Thorium-based reactors are thought to be safer and more efficient than uranium reactors, while also producing less nuclear waste. Although there have been efforts to harness this resource in the U ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Estimated to be 500 times more abundant than the uranium-232 used in conventional nuclear reactors, thorium has been hailed as a potential solution to the demand for nuclear power. Nuclear ...

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...

On its own, thorium isn't fissile, which means it doesn't decay into any other isotopes. That means it can't be used in a standard nuclear reactor like uranium-232. However, thorium could be used ...

For years, electricity demand in the U.S. was relatively stable, but that is expected to change as data centers need more ...