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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by eloff on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:56PM (#23038976)
It also gives a path to nuclear power and weapons for counties with no uranium deposits.
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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by X6S1x6Okd1st on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:56PM (#23045904)
Is obtaining the uranium really the bottleneck?
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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by eloff on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:27PM (#23053809)
It's a bottleneck, if you don't get past it, you're done. Uranium as far as I know, is a heavily regulated material. You can't buy nuclear reactor level amounts of refined uranium without the blessing of the states that control the supply. There are a LOT more problems after that though.
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