Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
John Rumm wrote:
Also worth noting that the quantity of mined uranium required to run a
reactor for a year is probably comparable to what a standard fossil fuel
power station will get through in a matter of days or even hours.

The actual tonnage of refined is aroudn 50 tins a year I think.

The raw ore is around 100 times more so 5k tonnes of e.g. yellowcake.

Complicated by fast breeders and recycling of spent rods. Both of which
reduce fuel consumption.

Didcot A burns 3.7MT of coal a year, so to answer John's point,
weight-for-weight, 5k tonnes of fuel would only last it half a day,
whereas 5k tonnes of ore will keep a nuclear power plant going for
a year.

And didcot produces more radioactive waste that escapes than all the UK
nuclear power industry put together.

Coal ash is quite radioactive, you know.