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They're not going to run out anytime soon regardless. If the price increases it makes it economical to extract deposits that currently aren't and then supply increases at the higher price.

But breeder reactors would also make it completely irrelevant as you say. U-238 is >99% of natural uranium but breeders can turn it into reactor fuel and then scarcity is a joke.

This is before we even consider Thorium.



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