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It marks the first long-term, stable operation of the technology, putting China at the forefront of a global race to harness thorium – considered a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium – for nuclear power.

The experimental reactor, located in the Gobi Desert in China’s west, uses molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium – a radioactive element abundant in the Earth’s crust – as the fuel source. The reactor is reportedly designed to sustainably generate 2 megawatts of thermal power.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

That's what I tell my partners. They are, thus far, unimpressed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Uh, what about the THTR-300 that operated at 300MW capacity from 1987 to 1989?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/THTR-300

It was a total failure, though. Not quite Chernobyl, but it was plagued by incidents.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when it was all the hype when things just started - crazy to see it actually happen

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thorium? Fucking sweet!

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