A new approach to molten salt reactors design aims to solve many of the challenges that have hampered development to date.

In a remote region of the Gobi Desert, China has successfully launched a nuclear experiment ... Unlike conventional reactors that rely on solid fuel rods, thorium reactors must continuously ...

With the growing and renewed emphasis on nuclear power, thorium nuclear reactors for US energy needs will provide abundant ...

Nuclear fuel containing thorium and uranium is now being developed for use in existing reactors. (Credit: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) “Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That’s when the ...

China’s thorium reactor is so important because it serves as an opportunity for the United States to move into the thorium space and increase both its soft power and global influence.

That’s how a scientist from China recently described the Asian giant’s progress in using thorium ... Nuclear Association, such as lower levels of waste generation, less radioactive materials in that ...

President Trump signed executive orders aimed at expanding the production of nuclear energy and easing the regulatory process ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...

The two companies share the belief that nuclear power is the logical choice to provide 100% carbon-free baseload power, and that CCTE's thorium-based ANEEL fuel raises the bar even higher given ...

For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor The nation ...