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Which… I’m not sure, but that might be more uranium than would be needed in the first place to run our entire civilisation on nuclear power? Certainly it’s in
by Filligree 4y ago
Which… I’m not sure, but that might be more uranium than would be needed in the first place to run our entire civilisation on nuclear power?
Certainly it’s in the ballpark.
- p_l 4y agoJust current reserves, with breeder fuel cycles, would allow us at least a century, long enough to start building in space...
- cinntaile 4y agoIt's not a a useful measure, since no one would collect uranium in this way but assuming someone would. Some napkin math... 27 tonnes per 1GW reactor/year is used and there are about 440 reactors so about 12kton.