https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/1101/c90000-20385027.html

Molten-salt reactors are fourth-generation advanced nuclear energy systems that use high-temperature molten salt as a coolant. They have inherent safety features, cool without water, run at atmospheric pressure, and deliver a high-temperature output. These reactors are widely recognized as the most suitable type for thorium resource utilization in nuclear energy production.

China has started a program on thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) in 2011, and has now confirmed the technical feasibility of thorium utilization of this system, according to the CAS Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP). China has abundant Thorium reserves.