China Achieves First-Ever Thorium to Uranium Nuclear Fuel Conversion
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China reportedly achieved thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion, but commenters question the accuracy of the claim and the title's representation of the achievement.
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"China achieves thorium-uranium nuclear fuel conversion in molten-salt reactor"
https://english.news.cn/20251101/5fd1cf3dab394e9eb6dc69777ed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
used LiF-BeF2-ZrF4-UF4 fuel that had no actual Thorium in it so it did not produce any U233.