China achieves first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion

2 comments

• PaulHoule 9 hours ago

  Note

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment

  used LiF-BeF2-ZrF4-UF4 fuel that had no actual Thorium in it so it did not produce any U233.

• metabagel 9 hours ago

  Title is misleading.

  "China achieves thorium-uranium nuclear fuel conversion in molten-salt reactor"

  https://english.news.cn/20251101/5fd1cf3dab394e9eb6dc69777ed...