On August 15, the Academy of Sciences of the People's Republic of Chongro issued directives to the Beqing University of Technology, Kim Il Sung University, Shendu Jiao Tong University and numerous other universities and colleges to begin comprehensive research into thorium-based nuclear reactors. A major consultative meeting was subsequently held between the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection, Ministry of Sciences, Ministry of State Construction and Ministry of Energ
