ThorCon International
71 in this dataset
9 developers pursuing it
103 organisations in US
What these terms mean
Every classification on this page, defined. These are controlled-vocabulary terms, so the same word means the same thing on every profile.
- Reactor developer
- Develops a fission reactor design. Carries no implication that anything is licensed, funded or built.
- Fission
- Advanced and small modular fission reactor developers, plus established reactor vendors.
- Molten salt reactor › › Molten salt reactor
- Fuel DISSOLVED in the salt. Distinct from a salt-cooled reactor with solid fuel — conflating the two is the most common advanced-nuclear classification error.
In ThorCon International’s own words
Quoted from the organisation’s own site as we archived it. Their description of themselves, not ours, and not a claim this site has checked.
AI, industry, and growing economies need more power than ever. Meanwhile fossil fuels pollute, and renewables flicker when we need them most.
Where ThorCon International sits
Composed from records in this dataset, not from outside research. Every figure below is counted from what the site holds, so it moves when the data does.
ThorCon International is one of 9 organisations in this dataset pursuing msr.
It is one of 103 we hold in US.
Related organisations
Others pursuing the same approach, then others in the same country.
Pursuing the same technology
Others in this dataset working on Molten salt reactor.
Sources
- Thorcon operator
A source marked operator is the subject’s own publication. That is legitimate, and it is not independent confirmation. Methodology.