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Malaysia is taking a look into the feasibility of thorium as a source of nuclear power for the country’s long-term energy plans.
According to Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad, four countries have already expressed their interest in a potential cooperation or partnership in this endeavour, namely France, the US, Russia, and China.
But he also stressed that no country had been selected as a partner yet.
Why thorium, not uranium?
If you’re familiar with the concept of nuclear energy, you’re probably more accustomed to the word “uranium” being thrown around as opposed to thorium.
Uranium is more commonly used to generate nuclear energy simply because the entire industry was…