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Re:Developers of small modular reactors hope their time has ... by aaaaaaaaaaab on Thursday March 24, 2022 @04:30PM (#30794986)
So it's pretty much like Uranium then. It's not rare, but we outsource its mining to autocratic regimes, because they're willing to produce it cheaply (while destroying their environment).
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Re:Developers of small modular reactors hope their time has ... by hkt on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:48PM (#30795738)
Pretty much.

Worth shouting out that it is also sourced in former colonies that still have major dependencies on their old imperial masters. Niger/France have this relationship and Niger produces the majority of uranium used by the French nuclear industry.

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