A researcher works at the charging-sampling hot cell of the experimental Thorium Molten Salt Reactor at the Wuwei campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in ...

China’s experimental thorium molten salt reactor has reportedly achieved sustained thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, marking a major scientific first. The breakthrough could ease China’s dependence ...

The core vessel of the thorium molten salt reactor is hoisted in Wuwei, Gansu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China's thorium molten salt reactor has achieved the world's first ...

Hollow atoms are special atoms with multiple missing electrons in their inner shells, while their outer shells are still fully or partially filled with electrons. Studying the production mechanisms, ...

In a major scientific breakthrough, Chinese researchers have created a brand-new type of atomic nucleus never seen before—protactinium-210. This new isotope is the most neutron-deficient version of ...

A research team led by Chinese scientists has synthesized a novel, extremely neutron-deficient isotope, protactinium-210, for the first time, laying the foundation for new element synthesis ...

Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope-protactinium-210-for the first time. It is the most ...

Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the most ...

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 ...

Climate models predict that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – a major conveyor-like system of ocean currents in the Atlantic – will weaken under global warming scenarios, ...

Separating heavy elements from one another is one of the biggest challenges of nuclear waste management. A new type of bonding between metals and ligands in actinide complexes opens new bonding ...