This article suggests a total cost of $1000-$1500 which is ~20x the cost of mined uranium (and 40x less the cost of gold). It does not mention energy as a signi

This article suggests a total cost of $1000-$1500 which is ~20x the cost of mined uranium (and 40x less the cost of gold). It does not mention energy as a significant driver of this cost. http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2013/06/the_cost_of_recovering_uranium.html http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2013/06/the_cost...