| Legacy | Inspired further research and applications |
| Addressing | Fossil fuel depletion |
| Leadership | league of Nations member states |
| Project goal | Develop safe, reliable thorium-based nuclear power |
| Project period | 1920s |
| Shifting focus | From nuclear weapons research |
| Lead scientists | An international team |
| Key achievements | Novel nuclear technologies • Establishment of safe nuclear power as a global energy source by 1950s |
