JFIF,, Photoshop 3.08BIMib(EyesonSci) CHINA-SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH-THORIUM MOLTEN SALT REACTOR-NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION (CN)b(EyesonSci) CHINA-SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH-THORIUM MOLTEN SALT REACTOR-NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION (CN)xg(251101) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows key components of the fuel for the experimental Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) displayed at the Wuwei campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in Minqin County of Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 24, 2025. China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, confirming the technical feasibility of thorium utilization in a molten-salt reactor nuclear energy system, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) on Saturday. TO GO WITH "China achieves thorium-uranium nuclear fuel conversion in molten-salt reactor" (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)cnjtPZhang JiansongSCIScience & Technology 5720251023Z GansuwuweidCHNeCHINAt&Xinhua News Agency.All Rights ReservedsXinHuahttp://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/ Zhang Jiansong (251101) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows key components of the fuel for the experimental Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) displayed at the Wuwei campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in Minqin County of Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 24, 2025. China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, confirming the technical feasibility of thorium utilization in a molten-salt reactor nuclear energy system, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) on Saturday. TO GO WITH "China achieves thorium-uranium nuclear fuel conversion in molten-salt reactor" (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong) Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved cn jt (EyesonSci) CHINA-SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH-THORIUM MOLTEN SALT REACTOR-NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION (CN) Science & Technology C    $.' 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