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according to this

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-06/china-building-thorium-nuclear-power-station-gobi/104304468[/URL]

The previous plant was a thorium reactor that generated only heat and not electricity.

They describe the new one as a "research facility " that can generate 60MW of heat, 10MW of electricity and some hydrogen.  ( some wind turbines can produce a peak of more than 10MW ).

They are hoping to start producing 100MW reactors from 2030.

So customers outside China would probably be well after 2030.

So we can compare the size to the little Laverton power station which has 2 150Mw Units.  I can see the appeal of smaller units but at the same time, with all the safety and security you'd need, maybe you'd be better off a bit bigger rather than lots of smaller ones.