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[QUOTE]Originally posted by tropicals redacted: [QB] Nuclear Power " [i]Abundant?[/i] The fuel supply for nuclear power is virtually limitless if we use fast-breeder reactors to produce plutonium - which is one of the most poisonous materials known and is used to make nuclear weapons. But only a few fast-breeders have been constructed, and they have proved to be prohibitively expensive, largely as a result of the need for special safety systems...France and the UK, despite having pursued breeder programs for several decades, have no plans for constructing more such plants. Japan has not restarted its Monju reactor, which was shut down after a sodium fire in December 1995. Among countries that have constructed breeders, Russia alone supports further development." "Uranium - the usual fuel for conventional reactors - must be mined, and it exists in finite quantities. The US currently possesses enough uranium to fuel existing reactors for the next 40 years." "Further, much of the energy needed to mine uranium currently comes from oil. As petroleum becomes more scarce and expensive, the mining process will likewise become more costly and will yield less net energy" (pp134-135). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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