China completes monumental task using declassified US documents
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- Chinese scientists built the world's first working thorium molten salt reactor (MSR).
- Thorium MSRs produce less radioactive waste, are safer, and thorium is more abundant than uranium.
- China is constructing a larger thorium MSR set to be operational by 2030.
- China plans to use thorium to power container ships to reduce carbon pollution.
- China leads in clean energy with projects like the largest floating wind turbine and solar farms.
- Thorium MSR technology is cheaper and cleaner compared to coal and natural gas.
- The U.S. previously researched MSRs in the 1960s but shifted focus to uranium-based technology.