Chinese TMSR obtains Operation Permit The Chinese experimental Thorium Molten Salt Test Reactor TMSR-LF1 at the Honshagang Industrial Cluster in Wuwei City, Gang Su province in China has received permission on June 7 2023 to start its test operations. The National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA reviewed the technical documents and considered that safety requirements were …
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 …
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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AMSTERDAM – 2 maart 2021 – De Nederlandse kennisinstellingen NRG, TU Delft, DIFFER, en startup reactorontwikkelaar Thorizon hebben een kennisconsortium opgericht om de ontwikkeling van de gesmoltenzoutreactor (Molten Salt Reactor, MSR) te versnellen. Recente technologische ontwikkelingen bij de partners vormen de basis voor het verder ontwerpen en testen van belangrijke processen en materialen om een …
Theo Wolters – Wat kost kernenergie? Tijdens een webinar over kernenergie georganiseerd door de Provinciale Staten van Overijssel presenteert Theo Wolters (TW) een plan om kernenergie goedkoper te maken. Dat is nodig. Om een groot aandeel in de energievoorziening te kunnen leveren moet kernenergie kunnen concurreren met fossiele energie. Daarvoor zou kernenergie minder dan 4 …
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> …
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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