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China Just Powered Up the World’s First Thorium Reactor — and Reloaded It Mid-Run | They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.
They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.
It runs on thorium — a silvery metal that offers safer, cleaner, and more abundant nuclear energy with far less waste and no bomb-making potential. China has known deposits, including a thorium-rich mine in Inner Mongolia that scientists claim could, in theory, power the country for tens of thousands of years. In the United States, research institutions like the University of Tennessee are modeling thorium molten salt reactors, supported by private companies such as Flibe Energy.
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