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Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by zelphirkalt on Saturday December 03, 2022 @03:59PM (#33847291)
So is the Uranium extraction story better in those countries? I think that would then be the next question.
Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by loeg on Saturday December 03, 2022 @04:17PM (#33847450)
I don't think it's particularly bad per GWh of energy produced. You just don't need that much uranium. Compare coal (still being actively mined and burned for energy!), natural gas, exotics for batteries/solar.
Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by tomatotomato37 on Saturday December 03, 2022 @05:31PM (#33848144)
In Australia at least most of it comes from a copper mine that happens to intersect a uranium vein, so as long as the demand for copper exists its extraction is essentially environmentally free
Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:46AM (#33850994)
Olympic Dan is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world.