‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor
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Team working on project reportedly achieves milestone by completing fuel reloading while experimental molten salt reactor was running.

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.

  • gregs_gumption@lemm.eeEnglish
    76·
    1 day ago

    “95.5% of people who are forced to say they like their government say they like their government”

    You should be more skeptical, anything that claims to have a 95% approval rating is probably not telling the truth.

    • Pirata@lemm.eeEnglish
      83·
      1 day ago

      Forced by Harvard university? :)

      I have no issues believing that number because the Chinese standard of living has been rising substantially as the decades go. That is trivial to confirm.

      You’re the one who should be more skeptical of anything that comes from the US. As it stands you don’t believe anything that comes from China, but believe anything that comes from the US about China.

      Sounds like you should start applying more neutral standards to how you process information. The world isn’t that black or white.