China makes breakthrough with thorium molten salt reactor
China has made a breakthrough in thorium-based molten salt reactors, a fourth-generation nuclear technology. On Nov. 2, the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics announced the completion of a 2-megawatt experimental liquid-fuel thorium molten salt reactor, calling it the world’s only operating reactor of its kind to have successfully introduced thorium fuel. The institute aims to build and connect a 100-megawatt demonstration reactor to the grid around 2035.
