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Thorium Molten Salt Reactors: Why the 1960s Technology Is Making a Comeback
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## Thorium Molten Salt Reactors: Why the 1960s Technology Is Making a Comeback The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge ran for four years in the 1960s before being cancelled — not because it failed, but because it couldn't produce weapons-grade plutonium. In 2026, China's TMSR-LF1 is the first new MSR to come online since then. Thorium is 3-4x more abundant than uranium, produces 1000x less long-lived waste, and can't melt down the way solid-fuel reactors can. So why aren't we building them everywhere? 📖 [Read the full node](/node/2033)
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