The core equipment is completely domestically produced, and China's thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor has been built and achieved the first conversion of thorium to uranium within the reactor.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences announced today that the thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor located in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province has been completed and achieved thorium-uranium conversion for the first time. This preliminary proves the technical feasibility of utilizing thorium resources, laying an important scientific foundation for the future large-scale utilization of thorium fuel. This experimental reactor is the fourth-generation advanced fission nuclear energy system developed, designed, and constructed independently in China. It is also the only molten salt reactor in the world that is currently operational and has achieved the use of thorium fuel. The thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor uses thorium as the nuclear fuel and liquid fluoride molten salt as the coolant, with advantages such as safety, water-free cooling, working at normal pressure, and high-temperature output.