America's Answer to China's Molten Salt Reactor | OilPrice.com Haley Zaremba Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of professional experience covering global energy systems, land and natural resources, and… More Info Premium Content By Haley Zaremba - Jul 09, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT Florida-based AMPERA 3D-printed a subcritical, solid-state reactor core and pressure vessel, a first step toward what it calls a fully factory-built thorium power system. Thorium reactors carry lower meltdown risk, less weapons potential, and a shorter radioactive half-life than uranium reactors, while cutting US reliance on Russia's 44 percent share...