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Thorium-based molten salt reactors (TMSRs) have interesting characteristics and applications, including thorium energy utilization, hydrogen production at high temperature, water-free cooling, and small modular design. These properties make TMSRs one of the best approaches to solve the energy and environment issues of China. In January 2011, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched the TMSR project, which strives to realize effective thorium energy utilization and composite utilization of nuclear energy in 20–30 years.
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This work is supported by the Thorium Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Energy System under the Strategic Pioneer Sci. and Tech. Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract no. XDA02000000
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Xu, H. (2016). Thorium Energy and Molten Salt Reactor R&D in China. In: Revol, JP., Bourquin, M., Kadi, Y., Lillestol, E., de Mestral, JC., Samec, K. (eds) Thorium Energy for the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26542-1_6
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