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by ndr42 72 days ago
Why replace oil dependency with uranium dependency (presumably from Russia)? Costs are not the only consideration.
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Australia and Canada have enormous uranium deposits. We're not going to have an entirely British energy supply chain (solar panels are mostly from China, etc).

And it's a relatively small amount of mass to ship - perhaps 500 tonnes of yellowcake for a reactors' yearly requirement.

Australia has the world’s largest uranium reserves. Many European countries have their own supply and could produce it if they desired to be self sufficient.