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China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’ (www.scmp.com)
submitted 1 week ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://archive.is/2nQSh

It marks the first long-term, stable operation of the technology, putting China at the forefront of a global race to harness thorium – considered a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium – for nuclear power.

The experimental reactor, located in the Gobi Desert in China’s west, uses molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium – a radioactive element abundant in the Earth’s crust – as the fuel source. The reactor is reportedly designed to sustainably generate 2 megawatts of thermal power.

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[–] opossumo@lemmings.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What are you on about?

Nearly every upvoted comment is in praise of this. Only 2 comments warn caution about Chinese data.

Why do people need to lie and pretend China is this big victim being picked on.

You would never write a paragraph like that in defense of the amount of anti-US sentiment on Lemmy, so it’s not like you actually care about being fair to nations. Posts like yours reek of nothing more than propaganda.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Posts like yours reek of nothing more than propaganda.

Smells more like bootlicking to me.