(251101) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces a device which can measure the radiation level to ensure personal safety 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.
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