Recently, my country's fourth-generation nuclear fission reactor, the thorium-based molten salt reactor, was officially completed and converted to thorium-uranium. It has become the only operating molten salt reactor in the world and the only nuclear

According to official announcements from China Academy of Sciences, the thorium-based molten salt reactor in Minqin, Gansu Province has been officially completed and converted to thorium and uranium. It has not only become the only operating molten s

For a long time, the scarcity of uranium resources has restricted the development of China's nuclear energy industry. The emergence of thorium-based molten salt reactor has brought a key opportunity for China's nuclear energy to change lanes and spee

Thorium itself cannot undergo fission directly, so how can it generate energy? The key technology lies in bombarding thorium nuclei with neutrons to transform them into highly efficient fissionable uranium-233, which is known as the transforming ston

Moreover, most of the thorium deposits discovered in our country are by-products of rare earth mining, which is like a bonus of thorium resources when exploiting rare earths. This not only significantly reduces the cost of acquiring nuclear fuel but

Besides the revolutionary breakthrough in fuel sources, thorium-based molten salt reactors have brought surprises in terms of safety and site flexibility.

Traditional nuclear power plants are big water users. A million-kilowatt conventional nuclear power unit requires thousands of tons of cooling water per hour to dissipate the enormous heat generated by the reactor core. If the nuclear power plant doe

However, the thorium-based molten salt reactor is like a desert explorer with its own "provisions". Its own safety completely overthrows this "life support system". It uses high-temperature molten salt, which can remain stable in a liquid state at hi

Thanks to this non-thirsty cooling system, the thorium-based molten salt reactor is free from the traditional nuclear power site selection constraints and is expected to move into a broader field. It does not need to be built next to the sea like tra

From now on, nuclear power is no longer limited to coastal areas, but is expected to extend to vast inland areas, relying on China's abundant thorium resources to provide clean and stable energy for more regions, lighting up millions of households in