Nuclear power as a piece of our energy puzzle sounds reasonable.
But I wonder what quantity of uranium reserves we have access to for the future? Also, have we actually found a feasible solution to removal of the waste - the old NIMBY argument always comes up.
Good question. I don't know.
I think we've learned that there is lots of uranium in subsaharan Africa, but somehow that isn't really the answer we're looking for.
There’s lots of uranium around. For example, about 20 years ago, there was talk of a uranium mine being opened near Danville, VA. But then Three Mile Island happened, and the bottom dropped out of uranium prices.
As for the waste, we have Jimmy Carter to thank for that problem. Chem-Nuclear had a reprocessing plant ready to be licensed, but Carter nixed all reprocessing of fuel. When the fuel is removed from the reactor, about 60% of the original Uranium 235 is still in it. It just needs to be re-concentrated, and the nuclear poisons removed.
There’s lots of uranium around. For example, about 20 years ago, there was talk of a uranium mine being opened near Danville, VA. But then Three Mile Island happened, and the bottom dropped out of uranium prices.
As for the waste, we have Jimmy Carter to thank for that problem. Chem-Nuclear had a reprocessing plant ready to be licensed, but Carter nixed all reprocessing of fuel. When the fuel is removed from the reactor, about 60% of the original Uranium 235 is still in it. It just needs to be re-concentrated, and the nuclear poisons removed.