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Thorium molten salt nuclear power station
August 9 , 2024
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- China plans to start building the world’s first molten salt reactor power station next year in the Gobi Desert.
- The reactor does not need water for cooling because it uses liquid salt and carbon dioxide to transfer heat and generate electricity.
- China has enough thorium reserves to meet its energy needs for 20,000 years.
- The world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor was built and operated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States in the 1960s for four years.
- The United States has 93 nuclear power units, significantly more than China’s 56.
- Currently, China is growing at a rate of six to eight nuclear reactors per year using self-developed new technologies.
- In fact, Beijing’s plan is that by 2035, the number of advanced reactors in China will reach 150, surpassing the combined total of the United States and France.
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