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Lets first consider all Uranium in Earth's crust, about 65 trillion tons. So given, - 65e15 kg = Uranium in Earth's crust - 709000 = 709,000 MJ/kg energy d
by akvadrako 5y ago
Lets first consider all Uranium in Earth's crust, about 65 trillion tons. So given,
- 65e15 kg = Uranium in Earth's crust
- 709000 = 709,000 MJ/kg energy density of natural U²
- 500e12 MJ = 500 million TJ annual global energy usage
- 92e6 = 65e15 × 709e3 / 500e12
So 92 million years.
Australia has about 1.7e9 kg of reserves at current prices¹. That comes to 2.4 years.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_uranium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_uranium
[2] https://www.plux.co.uk/energy-density-of-uranium/ https://www.plux.co.uk/energy-density-of-uranium/