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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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