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There is lots of Uranium in the sea and we use it very inefficiently at the moment, so potentially Uranium based power can be sustainable almost indefinitely.
by nickcw 7y ago
There is lots of Uranium in the sea and we use it very inefficiently at the moment, so potentially Uranium based power can be sustainable almost indefinitely.
I recommend reading this chapter from "Sustainable Energy - without the hot air" by David JC MacKay if you want to know more (with calculations!). It is an excellent book for reading about the facts of energy generation.
See: https://www.withouthotair.com/c24/page_162.shtml https://www.withouthotair.com/c24/page_162.shtml
- fsh 7y agoSure, there are plenty of interesting proposals for Uranium extraction and breeders. What worries me is that despite decades of large-budget research, most of them have never been successfully demonstrated. I don't think that hoping for all the technological problems to disappear is a very good strategy. On top of that, even with current easily accessible Uranium sources, nuclear energy is significantly more expensive than both fossil fuels and renewables. I don't see that getting better with even more complicated reactor technologies.