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Cambridge team explore power of thorium for improved nuclear design

14 Oct 2014

The University of Cambridge is playing a key role in an international project to develop a radical new type of nuclear power station that is safer...

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An early, thorium-based molten salt reactor, pictured in the 1960s.

Proliferation warnings on nuclear wonder-fuel

05 Dec 2012

Thorium is being touted as an ideal fuel for a new generation of nuclear power plants, but in a piece in this week’s Nature, researchers suggest it...

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Nuclear damage

Into eternity: the nuclear waste challenge

01 Jun 2012

How can we make nuclear waste safe for millennia? Fundamental research led by the University of Cambridge will help find the answers.

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