For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics research, and tests of fundamental theories. But researchers at JILA, led by ...

JILA researchers are pioneering a nuclear clock using thorium-229, which offers unprecedented stability compared to atomic ...

While thorium-based nuclear clocks have been in the ... or magnesium fluoride since they are transparent to ultraviolet light ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] Chinese media has reported that the country's geologists had uncovered vast deposits of thorium in the autonomous region of Inner ...

As an improvisation, by using thorium irradiated along with HALEU in the PHWRs at scale, the spent fuel produced can then be ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

Camera lenses? A few decades ago, camera companies added rare elements like thorium to their glass to change the optical properties in desirable ways. The downside? Well, it made the lenses ...

A national survey of China has revealed China’s huge reserves of thorium. The South China Morning Post quoted an expert as saying in its report that this radioactive metal alone can ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

A declassified report, which concluded its survey in 2020, brought this information to light. Even before this discovery, China was believed to have the largest thorium reserves in the world.

Research has been published over the past few decades on the possible use of thorium in various nuclear power reactor types. Therefore, it is worthwhile to analyse the supply situation for additional ...