2010-09-20
MIT Report on Nuclear Fuel: No Shortage of Uranium for Decades. Press Release, MIT, September 16, 2010. "Uranium supplies will not limit the expansion of nuclear power in the U.S. or around the world for the foreseeable future, according to a major new interdisciplinary study [The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Summary Report, PDF, 36 pp] produced under the auspices of the MIT Energy Initiative. The study challenges conventional assumptions about nuclear energy. It suggests that nuclear power using today's reactor technology with a once-through fuel cycle can play a significant part in displacing the world's carbon-emitting fossil-fuel plants, and thus help to reduce the potential for global climate change. But determining the best fuel cycle for the next generation of nuclear power plants will require more research, the report concludes."
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