ThorAtom, a subsidiary of FIGES, a small engineering company in Turkey with about $15 million in annual revenue, is developing a fourth-generation nuclear reactor that uses a mix of thorium and uranium. (Turkey has an abundance of thorium.) Known as “molten salt reactors,” these new units reportedly operate more safely than traditional designs, Forbes Turkey writes. The country’s Ministry of Industry and Technology has pledged to cover half of the $500 million needed to develop a prototype.
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