With the ever-ongoing ‘progress’ of the proposed UK nuclear power plants, I wonder if this is the best course of action (not just in the UK, but across other nations also)?

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

Nuclear has a problem. Right now, there is an estimated 90 years of potential uranium supply, which will be cut in half when Chinese reactors get on line. Uranium is not abundant.

And don't flame me with thorium bullshit or uranium from seawater bullshit. Science fiction.

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    What do you mean science fiction? Commercial thorium reactors exist since 1962. They just require more investment per watt of power, and don't produce much of useful byproducts (it's not all just waste with uranium cycle), which is why most places opted for uranium as long as there's plenty enough to go for now.

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