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The hard facts are that Russia processes half of the world's uranium and no country, not even the US, could sanction their nuclear energy sector. This is the re
by wewxjfq 4y ago
The hard facts are that Russia processes half of the world's uranium and no country, not even the US, could sanction their nuclear energy sector. This is the reality, not your fuel efficiency and breeder reactor hopium.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/21/uranium-imports-russia-nuclear/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/21/uranium-i...
- mpweiher 4y agoThe article you cite clearly states that even the worst-case impact of Russian supplies would be minimal: "at worst, some long-term Russian supply contracts could not be executed, and that would perhaps raise the price of electricity 1 or 2 percent." World-ending.
- wewxjfq 4y agoHe leaves completely open how the US electricity market would replace the missing nuclear energy. For all we know, he might expect the US to crank up their gas power plants. I fail to see how this is a win for nuclear energy. Also, it's an US-centric article and as it's states, the US only has a 15% dependency on Russia. So you are already looking at a very favorable outlier that makes the situation look better than it actually is. Most other countries have a much greater dependency.
- mpweiher 4y agoWell yes, the source you cited to support your claims only explicitly rebuts your claims somewhat incompletely. But it certainly in no way supports your claims. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯