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projectkennedymonkey t1_j3q970k wrote

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I read somewhere that nuclear is not actually the answer because there isn't enough nuclear material to replace all the fossil fuel generation needed. I haven't done any follow up research or anything but wonder if it's true...

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lambda_x_lambda_y_y t1_j3qf4bd wrote

Well, it would have last for a century or so seeking only the currently economically profitable mineral uranium resources at market value (which aren't the totality of the mineral uranium resources).

Theoretically, seawater uranium can last millennia (but the extraction makes it cost more than the uranium market value, although that bottleneck is decreasing fast lately).

However, the fast nuclear reactor technology solves the limitations issue of the economically profitable uranium as well as the highly radioactive wast problem (which in reality is more of a social conundrum than a problem).

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