Thorium, Stardust of Doom: China and the Return of Tehom

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Journalist [ENA] China has proudly announced the revival of thorium, presenting it as the new frontier of nuclear energy. In articles and conferences, thorium is described as the “clean” and “safe” source that could solve the planet’s energy crisis. But history – and humanity’s collective memory tells a very different story. This is not a discovery, nor a revolution: it is the return of a cosmic fire

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that other civilizations have already invoked, and which has left behind scars of death and destruction. Thorium is a special element. It was forged in supernova explosions and is literally a fragment of the universe, true “stardust” deposited in the Earth’s crust. It is abundant everywhere, not rare like uranium. Traces can be found even in Italy, in small natural deposits. But there are regions of the world where concentrations are immense, particularly in the area of ancient Mesopotamia

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the cradle of the first civilizations – where stories and memories tied to a powerful and cursed energy have been preserved for millennia. Not by chance, in ancient texts, the forces of the primordial abyss were given a name that still resonates ominously: Tehom. Presenting thorium as a novelty is misleading. China is not inaugurating a clean future. The United States, the Soviet Union, and India already tested it decades ago. Propaganda has always emphasized its potential but never its risks. And the risks are not small. In 1956, in the Soviet Union, the Majak nuclear facility experienced one of history’s worst disasters.

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The explosion of a radioactive waste repository contaminated an immense area. More than 10,000 people died between the accident and the following months, and hundreds of thousands were exposed to radiation. The Techa River received tons of radioactive waste that poisoned entire generations. Even today, the area emits high levels of radiation: it is one of the most contaminated places on Earth. It was not an isolated case. In the 1950s and 1960s, both in the USSR and in the United States, secret experiments on humans were conducted using isotopes derived from thorium and uranium. Soldiers, patients, and unsuspecting civilians were exposed to radiation without protection. In the name of science and Cold War competition, thousands of lives we

were compromised forever. Many of those people died slowly, from cancers and degenerative diseases. Thorium, then, is not an innocent promise. Its true danger does not appear in immediate use but afterwards. Thorium waste is up to 100 times more radioactive than uranium waste. This is the truth often hidden. It is extremely difficult to contain and remains lethal for vast timescales. Unlike the fairy tales that accompany each nuclear revival, there is no safe solution for storing this waste. It lingers, releasing invisible radiation that contaminates soil, water, air, and future generations.

And not only on Earth. In space as well, many “anomalous” explosions linked to rockets and even shuttles have roots in risky nuclear energy experiments. Some projects, never openly declared, considered using innovative nuclear fuels – including thorium derivatives – for orbital propulsion. Several of those launches ended in unexplained explosions, officially classified as technical failures, but in reality the remains of a reckless race to harness radioactive elements in uncontrollable contexts. This memory intertwines with something even more disturbing: the traces of ancient civilizations. According to some studies, pre-Sumerian cities were destroyed by a mysterious explosion,

and human remains found in those areas show abnormal traces of radioactivity. As if, thousands of years ago, humanity had already brushed against the forbidden fire of thorium. Tehom, the primordial abyss, appears in Mesopotamian and biblical traditions as both source of creation and destruction. The ancients seemed to perceive the same duality that we now see in laboratories: cosmic energy, divine in appearance, but capable of swallowing entire civilizations. In the face of all this, speaking today of thorium as a “new solution” is an act of collective denial. It is not innovation, it is distorted memory.

It is not the future, it is the return of a mistake already made. China may advance with boldness, but what remains unchanged is the same weak link: humanity playing with stardust without being able to contain its deadly echo. Thorium is not the sun of the future. It is an abyss that radiates; it is cosmic dust that mankind has always sought to dominate and that has always punished him. From China to the distant past, to explosions in the sky, it is always the same devouring fire. It is Tehom returning and we, once again, are about to fall into it.