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China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’ (www.scmp.com)

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https://archive.is/2nQSh

It marks the first long-term, stable operation of the technology, putting China at the forefront of a global race to harness thorium – considered a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium – for nuclear power.

The experimental reactor, located in the Gobi Desert in China’s west, uses molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium – a radioactive element abundant in the Earth’s crust – as the fuel source. The reactor is reportedly designed to sustainably generate 2 megawatts of thermal power.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Refreshing not to see the comment section full of anti-nuclear brainlets. For a second I thought Lemmy was a Greenpeace hot-spot.

Anyway...

One good turn deserves another. If others won't follow because of good example, hopefully other countries will instead follow because of competition.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your comment just makes you sound like an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes. I'll be an asshole to those that stand in the way of good things. No remorse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yes, the universal unqualified good, nuclear fission. No reason to have any concerns in a highly regulated environment like modern day america or china. All concerns completely unfounded, and are just these damn Greenpeace guys getting in the way of progress.