• Question: Is it true that there is only enough nuclear energy left to last 50 years?

    Asked by kathanhal to Mark on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Mark Vesey answered on 16 Mar 2011:


      No, there is enough nuclear fuel for much much longer than that – although I don’t have an exact time. We are also able to reprocess nuclear fuel (which we do in the UK at Sellafield) which will allow us to recycle uranium from spent (used) nuclear fuel into new fuel.

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