Comment on China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium
Valmond@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
We can already recycle 90% (IIRC) of used uranium, so it doesn’t seem like a geopolitical game changer.
Comment on China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium
Valmond@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
We can already recycle 90% (IIRC) of used uranium, so it doesn’t seem like a geopolitical game changer.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It is in the long term given that known uranium reserves are only good for a few hundred years of global energy requirements. Thorium is far more plentiful.