Thorium may sound like something out of a Marvel comic book, but the radioactive metal could provide a very real, renewable energy source.
Chinese scientists have been working on a molten salt nuclear power plant using thorium for years. They even created a prototype reactor in 2021, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The plan is to have a “safer, greener” power station up and running by 2025 in the Gobi Desert, where the small, experimental reactor is located, per Interesting Engineering.
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