Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

However, if more commit to researching and developing ways to capitalize on its abundance, thorium could also offer a substantial economic boost to those that possess it. As shown in the map below ...

In August 2021, China announced the completion of its first experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor. Built in the middle of the Gobi Desert in the country’s north, the reactor over the next few ...