> In the absence of evidence, it’s entirely conceivable there isn’t enough economically recoverable uranium in the world for mass production of reactors to be c

> In the absence of evidence, it’s entirely conceivable there isn’t enough economically recoverable uranium in the world for mass production of reactors to be cost effective. That was actually the official outlook of the US Atomic Energy Commission back in the early 1960: They feared the advent of the nuclear age would see world uranium supplies rapidly exhausted. This potential outlook is what triggered research into early attempts at thorium fuel cycles [0] [0] https://thebulletin.org/2014/05/thorium-the-wonder-fuel-that-wasnt/ https://thebulletin.org/2014/05/thorium-the-wonder-fuel-that...