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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by Filligree on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:56AM (#35580226)
Which… I’m not sure, but that might be more uranium than would be needed in the first place to run our entire civilisation on nuclear power?

Certainly it’s in the ballpark.

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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by p_l on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:58AM (#35580239)
Just current reserves, with breeder fuel cycles, would allow us at least a century, long enough to start building in space...
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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by cinntaile on Saturday April 15, 2023 @10:44AM (#35581052)
It's not a a useful measure, since no one would collect uranium in this way but assuming someone would. Some napkin math... 27 tonnes per 1GW reactor/year is used and there are about 440 reactors so about 12kton.
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