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China's thorium reactor aims to fuse power and parity
China's thorium-fueled leap could power its Arctic and AI ambitions alike – fusing energy security, technological sovereignty and great power aspirations.
This month, multiple media outlets reported that China has unveiled a world-first thorium-fueled molten salt reactor (TMSR) to power a 14,000-container cargo ship, marking a potential revolution in nuclear maritime propulsion and energy security.
The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics announced that its two megawatt experimental reactor in Gansu province achieved the first-ever thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, proving the feasibility of using thorium — a safer, more abundant and non-proliferation-risk element — in molten salt systems.