minus-squareSpaceballstheusername@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoIt’s that thorium is not fissile it’s fertile so separating the thorium from the uranium core prevents more thorium from absorbing neutrons. linkfedilink
It’s that thorium is not fissile it’s fertile so separating the thorium from the uranium core prevents more thorium from absorbing neutrons.