- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.ml
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.
Same thing. You westerners just don’t like acknowledging when your designated adversaries make progress because of your exceptionalism.
? Taiwan is actually producing innovation and tech, whereas PRC for the most part stifles it. Both are Chinese, except the former actually has a track record with their claims.