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> It is not like Germany has vast Uranium reserves. ... actually we do, around 130.000 tonnes of it[1,2]. Of course not as vast as some other countries, but st
by schroeding 4y ago
> It is not like Germany has vast Uranium reserves.
... actually we do, around 130.000 tonnes of it[1,2]. Of course not as vast as some other countries, but still substantial. We just don't mine and refine it anymore. I don't know if this should be an actual argument pro nuclear, but we have it.
The GDR / DDR even supplied the Soviet Union with Uranium via SDAG Wismut[2].
[1] https://infcis.iaea.org/UDEPO/Statistics/ResourceByCountryAndType https://infcis.iaea.org/UDEPO/Statistics/ResourceByCountryAn...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_(company)
- DrBazza 4y agoBest link I could find mentions Russia as well as all the other countries. See the uranium mining section. https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/germany.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pr...
- wongarsu 4y agoEast Germany was the fourth largest producer of uranium ore. After the reunification we just closed those mines, just as we shut down East German nuclear plants. If there was a compelling reason we could presumably start mining and refining those deposits again.
- pyuser583 4y agoI recently read “Fall of Berlin” - spends several chapters describing how one of the USSRs main goals was seizing German uranium for weapons.