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The LWR extracts about only 1% of the energy from uranium. Next generation reactors like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ApH-0YHkA
can burn much more of the fuel and even destroy much of the dangerous fission products.
Looking at it that way we've already mined enough fuel to run our civilization for a few hundred years. It's good news.
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The LWR extracts about only 1% of the energy from uranium. Next generation reactors like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ApH-0YHkA
can burn much more of the fuel and even destroy much of the dangerous fission products.
Looking at it that way we've already mined enough fuel to run our civilization for a few hundred years. It's good news.