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I thought Germany and Czechia had large supplies of Uranium, is that not the case?
by pyuser583 4y ago
I thought Germany and Czechia had large supplies of Uranium, is that not the case?
- inglor_cz 4y agoCzech uranium reserves were severely depleted in the 1950s in order to supply Soviet nuclear arms industry. (Political dissenters were forced to work in those mines in horrible conditions.)
- kergonath 4y agoNot that I know of. I came across a more complete picture[1], with probably more accurate numbers than my recollection (Australia turns out to have much, much more uranium than I remembered, for example). They don’t really mention significant resources in Europe, but there might be a discrepancy between resources that can be mined, and just stuff that’s in the ground or something like that. Wikipedia mentions 119000 tonnes in Czechia, but I don’t know how reliable it is[2]. [1] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/mining-of-uranium/world-uranium-mining-production.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fu... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_uranium_reserves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_uranium...