China has overtaken the United States in nuclear energy deployment and is now positioned to dominate the global nuclear ...

There are a few reasons for this, though the most important is that thorium is not fissile, which means it cannot sustain a nuclear chain reaction like isotopes of uranium (particularly uranium-235).

McDougall, I., Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. (in the press). Heier, K. S., and Rogers, J. J. W., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 27, 187 (1963).

A seven-year ban on thorium and uranium exploration was implemented in 1980 by the Bill Bennett Social Credit government and ...

So what is the catch? Well, unfortunately the research on thorium is expensive – as is the cost of mining for the isotopes. Mark Mihalasky, a Uranium Resources Specialist at the IAEA ...

The Trump administration may classify uranium as a critical mineral, unlocking federal funding and fast-track permitting for ...

In 1902 Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy discovered that radioactive elements, such as uranium and thorium, broke down into other elements in a predictable sequence or series. This amazing ...

Power Metal Resources announced on Friday that exploration work at its Tait Hill Uranium Property in Canada had confirmed a ...