China’s 2 Megawatt Molten-salt Thorium Nuclear Reactor Has Start up Approval
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#62VY1)
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) has been given approval by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to commission an experimental thorium-powered molten-salt reactor. This is the first molten salt nuclear reactor since the US shutdown a test reactor in 1969. The TMSR-LF1 will use fuel enriched to under 20% U-235, have a thorium inventory ...