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Are We Running Out of Uranium? Let’s Hope So

 

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Could uranium mines like this one in Australia’s Kakadu National Park be facing a shortage? Photo by Alberto OG via Flickr.com.

Can a nuclear weary TreeHugger really believe what she’s hearing? Could uranium mines be facing shortages? Earlier this week, New Scientist reported that nuclear power may be faced with a double blow: Uranium mine owners are talking shortages, and estimates for the amount of uranium that can be economically mined may be lower than once thought.

It’s bad news for all those nuclear power plants being built around the world (at great expense to tax-payers, I might add), but it may be good news for green energy.

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This entry was written by Deborah and posted on November 27, 2009 at 8:31 am and filed under climate. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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  1. Of course, removing nuclear from the slate of low-carbon energy options would make it even more challenging to achieve the kind of emission reductions we need.

    1. Milan on December 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm

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