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by pfdietz 1429 days ago
Ocean floor bedrock is basalt, which has much lower U/Th content than granite. Granites are continental rocks.

Geologically, U and Th have been concentrated over the billions of years by about a factor of 1000 in the minerals that have accumulated in continents. Were this not the case, fission power would be completely impractical.