DISQUS

Next Big Future: How long can Uranium last for nuclear power ? 5 billion years at double current world electricity usage.

  • Fat_Man · 1 year ago
    This article: Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels by M. King Hubbert written in 1956, looked at the issue as well.
  • Soylent · 1 year ago
    If GMO algae are used to concentrate uranium from sea water it might be possible to have them do double duty as producers of oil, pharmaceutical compounds or precursors, concentrating some other element like iodine. If you can capture another revenue stream from a co-product without a lot of extra overhead you can indirectly reduce the cost the uranium.