As India is home to the world’s largest reserves of thorium ... This is partly because thorium itself is not a nuclear fuel, although it can be used to create such a fuel. Thorium-232, the only ...

Although China has taken the lead in deployment, India has been at the forefront of thorium research for decades. India possesses 25% of the world’s thorium reserves, the largest globally.

Maharashtra partners with ROSATOM to develop thorium-based small modular reactor, marking state's entry into nuclear energy sector.

Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor.

Thorium-232 (the isotope of thorium that most commonly occurs on its own) is not capable of undergoing fission by itself. By capturing an extra neutron, however, it can morph into protactinium, which ...

Maharashtra on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia's state-owned company ROSATOM for development of a Small Modular Reactor based on thorium fuel.

"The main objectives of this agreement are the joint development of a thorium reactor in Maharashtra ... out according to the guidelines of the Indian govt and AERB. A joint working group will ...

Currently, India has no operational reactor working ... thus earning the name 'Breeder'. The use of Thorium-232, which in itself is not a fissile material, as a blanket is also envisaged in ...

Thorium is not only more abundant than uranium, but has the upside of not being as easy to weaponize. While the fission of Th-232 produces protinactium, which decays into U-233 and can be used in ...

will provide strategic support for the joint development of the Small Modular Reactor with thorium fuel. All work will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India ...