Uranium needs to be processed first, and the major uranium processing facilities Europe has been using are in Russia and this kind of equipment isn’t something you can quickly build yourself.
And can be expanded fairly easily. America, Germany and Russia all managed this in the 40s. Could also go the liquid salt route and avoid Uranium entirely. Light water reactors kinda suck.
Rosatom controls about 14 % of global uranium mining output and they don’t hold any trade secrets on enrichment or fabrication. They are a non-issue, and if they ever became an issue, they could quickly be made a non-issue.
Just google where nuclear fuel comes from and then think again, spoilers it’s russia.
Canada 🇨🇦
Stop googling shit badly.
South Africa has uranium.
Look at where moth Cobolt or Lithium comes from.
There seemingly is very little to no ethical mining or rare earth metals.
Uranium needs to be processed first, and the major uranium processing facilities Europe has been using are in Russia and this kind of equipment isn’t something you can quickly build yourself.
European capacities are not that small.
https://fissilematerials.org/facilities/enrichment_plants.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urenco_Group
And can be expanded fairly easily. America, Germany and Russia all managed this in the 40s. Could also go the liquid salt route and avoid Uranium entirely. Light water reactors kinda suck.
Luckily sodium ion batteries are now a thing and they’re perfect for grid storage.
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of natural uranium during 2024.
Kazakhstan: US$4.5 billion (48.8% of natural uranium exports)
Canada: $3.3 billion (35.6%)
United States: $963.2 million (10.4%)
Niger: $239.5 million (2.6%)
Ukraine: $78.3 million (0.8%)
South Africa: $58.6 million (0.63%)
France: $58.3 million (0.63%)
Russian Federation: $44.8 million (0.5%)
Germany: $4.4 million (0.05%)
Netherlands: $2.4 million (0.03%)
United Kingdom: $188,000 (0.002%)
Indonesia: $164,000 (0.002%)
Switzerland: $56,000 (0.0006%)
Israel: $44,000 (0.0005%)
Belgium: $5,000 (0.0001%)
Canada is a solid partner. Australia also produces a lot, but doesn’t export much (right now). The EU is Kazakhstan’s largest trading partner, and we have great trade relations with them.
Sourcing uranium is not now, nor will it ever be, a problem.
Dude, countries don’t matter here when the actual companies are owned by rosatom.
Rosatom controls about 14 % of global uranium mining output and they don’t hold any trade secrets on enrichment or fabrication. They are a non-issue, and if they ever became an issue, they could quickly be made a non-issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSj5tS-2odY