Maharashtra is advancing plans to build India's first commercial thorium-based nuclear power plants, a significant shift in ...

This accelerating technology and underutilized resource could reshape global energy geopolitics — meet the molten-salt ...

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 instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese scientists have completed a major breakthrough in clean energy by reloading fresh fuel into a working thorium molten salt ...

China has unveiled plans for a groundbreaking cargo ship that could change the future of global shipping. The vessel is set to be the world’s largest nuclear-powered cargo ship and will be fueled by ...

These plants are expected to replace two ageing thermal power stations currently operated by the utility. The project forms part of Maharashtra’s broader strategy to secure reliable baseload power ...

This is a story not of India's failure at thorium science but an unfinished job — that could have unlocked a goldmine. There are no stolen blueprints or shadowy villains. But it is a national ...

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By ...