A recently declassified geological survey suggests that China may have far more thorium than previously estimated, placing the country at the forefront of next-generation nuclear energy. The discovery ...

Chinese media has reported that the country's geologists had uncovered vast deposits of thorium in the autonomous region of ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

Recent annual production of natural uranium world-wide has been between 55,000 and 65,000 tons of uranium metal, similar to the fuel demand. Additionally, thorium is also being investigated as a ...

Kailash Agarwal, nuclear fuel cycle facilities specialist at the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in 2023."Many countries consider thorium as both a viable and very attractive option for ...