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China achieves thorium nuclear reactor milestone based on abandoned US research

by akyuu on 6/15/25, 6:25 PM with 3 comments

• by gnabgib on 6/15/25, 6:39 PM

  Discussion (39+11+21 points, 2 months ago, 7+5+5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43800623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43720535

  Related: China to Build Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor in 2025 (148 points, 5 months ago, 135 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42554008

• by HocusLocus on 6/15/25, 7:03 PM

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG1YjDdI_c8

  An amazing simultaneous science course in several fields... with no attempt to mask or make any excuses for the time that has been wasted. It should make you angry, which is a sad thing to say.

• by rbanffy on 6/15/25, 6:59 PM

  The most interesting part for me is the Thorium-powered ships. With a better power budget, container ships can move faster than they currently can, shortening routes and opening new supply chains.