China has first operational thorium nuclear reactor

Previously (20+16+10+15 points, 4+0+5+2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43720535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43725001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43733560

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