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China Announces Thorium-Uranium Conversion Breakthrough At Gobi Desert Experimental Reactor

By David Dalton
4 November 2025

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China Announces Thorium-Uranium Conversion Breakthrough At Gobi Desert Experimental Reactor
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An experimental reactor developed in the Gobi Desert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, paving the way for an abundant supply of nuclear energy.

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