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This assumes a perfect and energy free mechanism to collect the uranium.
by koheripbal 4y ago
This assumes a perfect and energy free mechanism to collect the uranium.
- pixl97 4y agoSounds like a good job for Maxwells Daemon.
- arcticbull 4y agoLuckily we're on it. [1] [1] https://spectrum.ieee.org/uranium-from-seawater https://spectrum.ieee.org/uranium-from-seawater
- pfdietz 4y agoSince it wasn't talking about cost, it makes no assumption that anything is "free". As for perfection, I was assuming the reader could multiply 400 by whatever number < 1 was the actual efficiency. Unstated was whether the difficulty of running breeder reactors makes this unworkable. It very well might, in practice. I will note that the demonstrated U collection techniques (like polyamidoxime adsorbers) seem quite cheap enough for fueling breeder reactors.