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Despite uranium’s dominance in nuclear power, innovative approaches utilizing thorium and molten salt reactors are gaining traction. China is leading the charge, successfully demonstrating and testing a 2 MW thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR-LF1) and recently breeding uranium fuel from thorium. This technology, revived after decades of dormancy, offers advantages like reduced maintenance, suitability for arid climates, and potential for powering ships and eventually, a significant portion of global energy needs alongside high-temperature pebble bed reactors.