The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics - part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences - has been given approval by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to commission an experimental thorium-powered molten-salt reactor, construction of which started in Wuwei city, Gansu province, in September 2018.
This could be big, safe and easy nuclear power is vital to fight climate change and environment crisis.
Refers to the fuel used in these nuclear reactors.
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