sci.energy.hydrogen

"Roland Mösl" wrote in message
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>>> It seems You have no clue how much energy is necessary
>>> to extract uranium from 0,2% ore
>>>
>> It seems you have no mind to lose. All these anti-nuke delusions have
>> been debunked.
>
> Why do You think does USA disarm the atomic bombs now faster
>
> They need the uranium.
>
> Nuclear power is declining.
>
> Even with so much uranium from disarmed atomic bombs,
> uranium price increased very much in the last years.
>
> After the last disarmed atomic bomb is converted to fuel
> for nuclear power plants, the uranium price will explode
> making power from atomic power plants to expensive.
>

Nonsense.

BTW, here's a little estimate for you. An 850 MWe nuc plant might operate
for two years between refueling at an overall capacity factor of 95% (if
it's well run). That means about MW-hrs for each fuel cycle. A
refueling of such a plant in 2006 spent about $60M for the fuel. Suppose
you're right and the price of U triples so that same fuel costs $180M.

That extra $120M for your 'exploded' fuel price will add about $8 / MW-hr.
Considering the summertime peak prices rise up over $100 / MW-hr quite
often, that kind of price increase is *not* going to cause plants to
shutdown.

Another thing, a lot of the Megatons-to-Megawatts uranium is not from US
bombs, but USSR.

daestrom