Radioactive waste can remain hazardous for millions of years. The lack of a clear disposal strategy is pushing some to search ...

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

Franco-Dutch deep-tech startup Thorizon has proposed a novel solution to the growing challenge of nuclear waste disposal ...

China's thorium reactor is so important because it serves as an opportunity for the United States to increase its soft power.

That’s when the tortoise seizes its chance.” That’s how a scientist from China recently described the Asian giant’s progress in using thorium — a silvery-white radioactive metal that’s more abundant ...

John joined Newsweek in 2020 after reporting in Central Europe and the United Kingdom ... country's geologists had uncovered vast deposits of thorium in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia ...

This clock could revolutionize timekeeping by using a uniquely low-energy transition within the nucleus of a thorium-229 atom. This transition is less sensitive to environmental disturbances than ...

His team’s study, published in the journal Nature, signals a new chapter for physicists with the world’s first thorium clock prototype. “This paper is an incredible technical achievement ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt ...