Suicidesoldier#1
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- Posted: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:24:19 +0000
I know that, with the production of uranium power, very little of it's cost is actually in the uranium, and more so in the safety protocols of shipping it, storing it, and using it in reactors (you need a lot of security personnel), in addition to it's breeding process.
So I was wondering, how much, in a ballpark range, does somebody who say, works with it, thinks it costs?
I have a general idea but it's hard to find raw information for it. The safety protocols are generally pretty expensive, as is the breeding process, but how much of the cost of uranium does it take up?
I know that uranium is currently cheaper than coal, at like, 90% of it's cost, but how cheap could it be; or if we used something safer, like say Thorium, how safe could it be? Or something like U-238 somehow with, something, idk, say fusion fission hybrid, it doesn't matter.
If you removed the breeding process and immense safety restrictions alone, how expensive would uranium be?
I think if we're talking about market availability and capabilities if we have a surplus of energy, that this is incredibly important. xp
I mean for instance, if the electricity cost was less, than carbon fiber would be less; if just 3-4 times cheaper, carbon fiber could compete with steel in terms of cost, which the bulk of it's cost is in energy and of course, the manufacture since carbon is everywhere. So cars could be considerably lighter weight, maybe not the full 1/5th since the entire car isn't made out of steel or iron, but they could have higher efficiencies and range, at the same size and level of protection (if not better) enough say to maybe even be electric.
So, a lot of cool stuff could happen if costs were eliminated. But, how much could you theoretically eliminate?!
So I was wondering, how much, in a ballpark range, does somebody who say, works with it, thinks it costs?
I have a general idea but it's hard to find raw information for it. The safety protocols are generally pretty expensive, as is the breeding process, but how much of the cost of uranium does it take up?
I know that uranium is currently cheaper than coal, at like, 90% of it's cost, but how cheap could it be; or if we used something safer, like say Thorium, how safe could it be? Or something like U-238 somehow with, something, idk, say fusion fission hybrid, it doesn't matter.
If you removed the breeding process and immense safety restrictions alone, how expensive would uranium be?
I think if we're talking about market availability and capabilities if we have a surplus of energy, that this is incredibly important. xp
I mean for instance, if the electricity cost was less, than carbon fiber would be less; if just 3-4 times cheaper, carbon fiber could compete with steel in terms of cost, which the bulk of it's cost is in energy and of course, the manufacture since carbon is everywhere. So cars could be considerably lighter weight, maybe not the full 1/5th since the entire car isn't made out of steel or iron, but they could have higher efficiencies and range, at the same size and level of protection (if not better) enough say to maybe even be electric.
So, a lot of cool stuff could happen if costs were eliminated. But, how much could you theoretically eliminate?!