In a significant moment for nuclear energy development, China plans to set up the world’s first molten salt nuclear power station in the Gobi Desert.
The innovative facility, which China claims will start operating by 2025, intends to reshape global energy with its high-end technology and prospects for a safer and greener nuclear power industry.
Instead of uranium, this plant uses thorium as its fuel. Its reactor does not need water for cooling because it utilizes liquid salt or carbon dioxide to transfer heat and make electricity.
The innovative facility, which China claims will start operating by 2025, intends to reshape global energy with its high-end technology and prospects for a safer and greener nuclear power industry.
Instead of uranium, this plant uses thorium as its fuel. Its reactor does not need water for cooling because it utilizes liquid salt or carbon dioxide to transfer heat and make electricity.
One advantage of using thorium as a primary fuel lies in eliminating fears over possible shortage resulting from running out of uranium, which is normally used in reactors; this is due to thorium being more plentiful than uranium.
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