The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid of it

Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by titzer on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:41AM (#24877616)

Yes, it is really true. There are 4 billion tons of Uranium dissolved in Earth's seawater.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-s...

(Above link says 1000 1000 MW reactors for 100,000 years, but doesn't mention how much that is with reprocessing--that is hundreds of times the rate of global nuclear power production today).

The question is, how much does it cost to extract it?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/01/uranium-s...

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Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by jnxx on Saturday October 24, 2020 @05:30AM (#24878009)

> There are 4 billion tons of Uranium dissolved in Earth's seawater.

There are also many tonnes of gold dispersed in rivers and seawater. It is however not economical to extract it.

Also, uranium mining is often causing a lot of health problems. Like in the German SAG/SDAG Wismut:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_(mining_company)#Impact...

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Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by jnxx on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:57AM (#24879250)

So, would the Eastern German governments political friends have been less susceptible to these health effects?

And, in order to not wander too far off topic of energy economics, how is the extraction of uranium from seawater going to be economical?

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Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by adamsea on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:28AM (#24879095)

It’s just silly to introduce “Antifa” (which isn’t a singular thing) into a discussion about the pros and cons of nuclear power.

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