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China to build thorium-based nuclear power plant
China plans to start building the world’s first molten salt reactor power station next year in the Gobi Desert. Currently, China operates the only thorium reactor on Earth, located in the Gobi Desert around 120km northwest of the city of Wuwei, Gansu province. This is an experimental reactor which can only produce 2MW of thermal power and does not generate electricity. However, it incorporates some revolutionary technologies, including superalloys that can withstand […]