On September 6 the Thorizon project was officially launched during a kickoff event in Amsterdam. For the past few years, the Thorizon team has been working behind the scenes on a new and improved Thorium Molten Salt Reactor design. From the very start they aimed to turn the problems often associated to nuclear power into […]
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Wuwei – 9 September 2021 – Scientists are excited about an experimental nuclear reactor using thorium as fuel, which is about to begin tests in China. Although this radioactive element has been trialled in reactors before, experts say that China is the first to have a shot at commercializing the technology. The reactor is unusual
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Masterclass on Thorium Energy Date 25 november 2020 12:00 am The Thorium Energy Society is organising monthly masterclasses. The first in this series takes place Wednesday November 25 at noon and will be about “Thorium being part of the energy transition”. The presentation will be by Thomas Petersen of Copenhagen Atomics. To subscribe, click <here>
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Terrestrial Energy and NRG begin tests on IMSR graphite Het Amerikaanse Terrestrial Energy is begonnen aan een programma van bestralingen in samenwerking met de de Nederlandse Consultancy Groep NRG bij de Hoge Flux Reactor HFR in Petten. Het werk is onderdeel van een uitgebreid onderzoek van onderdelen voor de 400 MWth Intergral Molten Salt Reactor,
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The International Organisation for Atomic Energy IAEA published the latest (2020) update of its report on Advances on Small Modular Reactors. In the report is a list of all SMR projects. This list is updated every 2 years. In this report is also a list of all (small) Molten Salt Reactors officially recognised by the
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While the LFTR reactor design is one out of many possible concepts for molten salt reactors, it is further detailed here because it is an example of a true “thorium-MSR” (MSR using thorium fuel) and therefore comes with the full benefits of molten salt reactors and the thorium fuel cycle. It is considered by many
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