Woohoo it's happening!

Note: They are not building a reactor at this stage. They are trying out container materials, putting the salt and their half-meter-tall container inside their existing research reactor to kickstart the transmutation and fission. No cooling cycle or any of that mechanical stuff.

http://www.thoriumenergyworld.com/news/finally-worlds-first-tmsr-experiment-in-over-40-years-started