In its 3 years, the Post’s dedicated science team has reported on China’s frontier research, goals, innovators and technological leaps.

China has activated the world's only operational thorium molten salt reactor, marking a significant milestone for clean ...

After years of research and US data analysis, China has built a working thorium reactor and run it through a successful fuel ...

There's a lot of buzz around thorium, a lesser-known nuclear fuel that some say could transform the global energy landscape.

Maharashtra has signed an MoU with Russia's ROSATOM to develop small modular reactors using thorium fuel. This initiative ...

Maharashtra signed an MoU with Russian state company ROSATOM for developing a small modular reactor using thorium fuel. The ...

The US Treasury Department issued new sanctions Wednesday targeting five Iranian entities and one individual supporting Iran’s nuclear program, just days before American and Iranian ...

The designated groups include the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and subordinates Iran Centrifuge Technology Company, ...

The designated groups include the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and subordinates Iran Centrifuge Technology Company, Thorium Power Company, Pars Reactors Construction and Development Company and ...

A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, an innovation that may surpass today’s atomic clocks. By manipulating ...

At the heart of this effort lies thorium-229, a rare isotope with a one-of-a-kind feature: it has a nuclear state that can be triggered using laser light. While most atomic clocks rely on changes ...

How India can side-step FBR deployment delays A quick solution to tide over this problem could lie in irradiating thorium — the radioactive metallic element named after the Norse god that has been a ...