Nuclear 4.0: Chinas NEW Thorium Reactor Changes Everything!

China's latest #nuclearenergy project could completely change the future of #China and #chinaeconomy
And By Launching its first #thoriumreactor, China is marking a significant milestone for #nuclearenergy ( #moltensaltreactor )

You might have never heard of thorium, but its potential is a game-changer for our future to fight #climatechange and #globalwarming . While Traditional nuclear plants use a more than 50-year-old Technology based on #uranium, #thorium is safer, capable of burning nuclear waste, and is suitable for use in arid, landlocked areas, exactly like the #Gobidesert

But one stat makes this new #moltensaltreactor truly remarkable for China. China is home to one of the world's largest supplies of #thorium; with only one ton of Thorium, it's possible to generate the same amount of energy as with 3.500.000 tons of Coal.
And by Tapping into this resource and becoming the first country in the world to commercialize this energy, china will have enough energy to power its country for the next 20,000 years!

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#nuclear #chinanews #nuclearpower #renewableenergy #greenenergy

[The.Futurist]

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[yzhang]

Congrates to the Chinese Thorium Reactor program team👍

[tedredd]

Great for the Chinese. Very sad that the U.S. hasn't done anything that benefits this country in a very long time.

[pknowles]

The US was more interested in making nuclear weapons than in safe power production.

[andrewlin]

There's a will, there will a way for China 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[bluemoon]

What sort of sanction is the US thinking of sabotaging China’s advance in the Thorium Reactor ……

[rinzler]

Thorium reactors are safe and will solve the power crisis - precisely why WEF countries aren't pursuing them. The tech is known, but the WEF megalomaniacs dont WANT to solve the crisis.

[autocalcs]

The main reason is not China subsided companies. If there's subsidies, it is the investment in infrastructure which improves productivity for each single person, and any organizations.

It is also the efforts put on education that makes it possible to have large pool of manpower to make use of technology and make further advancement beyond.

[lessQQmorePewPew.]

Why the surprise? The Chinese has been saying they want to do Thorium reactor for 30 yrs now

[MatiasNdamanomhata-rmst]

Chinese energy production and efficiency is futuristic.

[dsmd]

It's not only one-party government, it's the wealth of engineers and STEM grad in a nation of 1.4 billion people. It's also China's decision to become a growth export economy with big energy needs. Russia by contrast has less interest in advancing this tech in the present, which I think it could, because of its petroleum industry. Ditto in the US, where the Green Delusion hustle is designed to fail and be as expensive as possible while we export LNG to Europe at 4X the prices of Russian pipeline gas.

[petergreen]

This is interesting and good. I hope they are successful

[ThereIsAlwaysaWay]

Best part, they can be built in deserts because zero/nearly no water is needed.

[stevehoe]

China has faithfully, consistently & seriously researching and working on New Thorium Reactor as the best, safe, environmentally friendly energy/electricity source. it is said to safely power an aircraft carrier. China has the leading technology on Thorium reactor.

[nexwsvu]

Unlike nuclear reactors, the Thorium molten salt reactor is very safe, cost-effective (in construction, maintenance, water need, skills...), to say a few. As it can be built in desert ereas and in harsh environments, it'll be very useful to towns and villages in such places.

[nickstoic]

That's it. Thorium has been known for a long time but the technology was not implemented to offer clean energy to the population. Very cheap, yet not weaponizable.

[romanvaldes]

China most effective and smart people !
The land of innovation and prosperity !

[fireflies-fr]

Small-scale modular reactors (Prototype and Research Facility)

The reactor, a two-megawatt liquid-fueled thorium molten salt reactor (MSR), is located in the Gobi Desert city of Wuwei in Gansu province and is operated by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The permit, issued by the Chinese National Nuclear Safety Administration on June 7 2023, allows the Shanghai Institute to operate the reactor for 10 years and it will start by testing operations. The permit specifies that the Shanghai Institute is responsible for the safety of the reactor and must comply with all relevant laws, regulations and technical standards.

However, a number of technical, regulatory and economic challenges will have to be overcome if the reactors are to be deployed successfully on a large scale, according to industry experts.

[eaglesnest]

Wish Australia had a Leader that would help its citizens get cheaper power the price of power is out of control many people are having their power cut off

[HappyPandaBear]

Good for China! Team China All The Way!👍🙂