On 23/06/13 08:56, Brian Gaff wrote:
Ah, but how much energy is used to mine and refine the material, then
produce the fuel.

Not very much.
Due to the incerdibly high energy density of nuclear fuels.

Did not the UK have a plant for making this sort of fuel
which has never actually worked very well and cost a lot of dosh, hoping to
use all the plutonium up?

That's because recycling is more expensive than using fresh mined uranium.

anyway, I guess we shall see. Trouble is that things in this industry move
slowly at best, and go backwards at worst. I can remember that Fast breeders
were the future in 1962.. erm what happened to those?

Uranium got dirt cheap. And we had enough plutonium to destroy Russia by
then.
Then interest rates went up and north sea gas was discovered...

Brian



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