China developing thorium-powered boxship project

China has unveiled ambitious plans to build a 14,000 teu containership powered by a thorium-based molten salt reactor (MSR), marking a major step toward nuclear propulsion in commercial shipping. The concept vessel, to be developed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in partnership with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), will feature a next-generation reactor …

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