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Re:China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from... by fooker on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:42AM (#46022081)
> abundant enough

It's not uniformly distributed. Countries like India, for ezample, has an abundance of Thorium but they have to buy Uranium for use in any large scale application.

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Re:China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from... by Moldoteck on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:46AM (#46022094)
Question is if it's cheaper vs passive seawater extraction of uranyl. China already got it somewhat comparable to classic uranium
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Re:China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from... by fooker on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:32PM (#46027532)
It's cheaper with unlimited fusion energy, which defeats the point.
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