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What is the overall lifetime balance, regarding construction, uranium mining, long term storage of used fuel rods, and finally deconstruction of the plant vs th
by ck45 2y ago
What is the overall lifetime balance, regarding construction, uranium mining, long term storage of used fuel rods, and finally deconstruction of the plant vs the energy it produces over lifetime? Haven’t found a full calculation so far
- loeg 2y agoObviously generates significantly more energy than consumption over lifetime. It's not close.
- mikeyouse 2y agoFigure 7 here attempts to quantify by power source; https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098# https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098# (Link broke, try this one: https://pub.mdpi-res.com/sustainability/sustainability-14-07098/article_deploy/html/images/sustainability-14-07098-g007.png?1655449522 https://pub.mdpi-res.com/sustainability/sustainability-14-07...)