China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert
China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert
www.abc.net.au China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert
China plans to build the world's first-ever nuclear power station using molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium as a fuel source — revealed in a since-deleted report posted on the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics website.
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I see so much negative press about pretty much anything China does, this is quite exciting (to be fair, they do a lot of concerning stuff!)
because TMSRs don't require water, they could also be built underground and in arid areas.
That's crazy "cool"