Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Thorium reactors are positioned as a superior alternative in nuclear power, similar to solid-state batteries. A Danish ...

China’s Institute of Modern Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is building what it calls the world’s first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recently declassified report has revealed that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated. The radioactive metal, ...