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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by wkat4242 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @04:34PM (#38282853)
> Note that natural uranium ore has a similar mix of decay products, and isn't in any kind of "container".

A similar mix, yes.

A similar concentration, absolutely not. The concentration in ore is extremely low. The Soviets ruined the landscape of half the Czech Republic for a few warheads.

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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by Turing_Machine on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @04:48PM (#38283035)
Well, you're not throwing away any actual uranium in any realistic uranium cycle.

You're separating out the "depleted" uranium and using it to breed more fuel (potentially orders of magnitude cheaper than extracting fresh uranium from ore and enriching it).

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