Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam is set to begin next week. This marks a significant step for India's nuclear program. The 500 MWe reactor, developed by ...

India's atomic energy program is poised to enter a transformative phase as its most advanced and complex nuclear reactor - ...

A new license for Clean Core Thorium Energy to sell its fuel to India could revolutionize the nation's nuclear industry. For just the second time in nearly two decades, the United States has granted ...

The material is three to four times more abundant than uranium and produces about 250 times the amount of energy per unit of weight. So what´s the trick? The use of thorium is based on an ...

The starting point is stunning enough to seem almost mythological: a giant thorium reserve discovered at the Bayan Obo mining complex in Inner Mongolia. Chinese geological teams confirmed that the ...