Green Options » peak uranium http://greenoptions.com/tag/peak-uranium Posts tagged 'peak uranium' Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Will Peak Uranium Hit Nuclear Plants? http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/22/will-peak-uranium-hit-nuclear-plants/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/22/will-peak-uranium-hit-nuclear-plants/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:09:30 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/22/will-peak-uranium-hit-nuclear-plants/ uranium

The safety of nuclear plants is often debated, but we rarely hear about another potential issue for nuclear energy: peak uranium. That’s the point in time when when the maximum global uranium production is reached and begins to enter a permanent decline. And while we’ve known for some time that high-quality uranium supplies have been declining for the past 50 years, nuclear operators are finally getting nervous.

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