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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agosome numbers about uranium https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.html Some numbers about thorium https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/thorium.aspx There are around 6.3 million tons of thorium around, and it’s estimated that 1 tonne produces roughly 1GWe-yr. https://www.daretothink.org/numbers-not-adjectives/how-long-will-our-supplies-of-uranium-and-thorium-last/
some numbers about uranium https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.html
Some numbers about thorium https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/thorium.aspx
There are around 6.3 million tons of thorium around, and it’s estimated that 1 tonne produces roughly 1GWe-yr.
https://www.daretothink.org/numbers-not-adjectives/how-long-will-our-supplies-of-uranium-and-thorium-last/