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Interesting, didn't know that. However, from your link: "no-one has yet demonstrated uranium-extraction from seawater on an industrial scale."
by mtts 17y ago
Interesting, didn't know that.
However, from your link:
"no-one has yet demonstrated uranium-extraction from seawater on an industrial scale."
- mnemonicsloth 17y agoI haven't read MacKay in some time, but I think he mentions other possible technologies. Breeder reactors are already in use for power generation and in the fuel cycle in France, and China and India are both working aggressively on Thorium reactors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle