• Anivia@feddit.org
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    8 days ago

    Enriched uranium is expensive. Uranium ore isn’t

    Edit: They did not use uranium ore

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      This is depleted uranium, not uranium ore. It’s actual refined uranium, but not the right sort of uranium for use in fission reactions like nuclear power plants or bombs

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        8 days ago

        Alright, I stand corrected. I admittedly did not read the article before commenting, so I did not know they used depleted uranium.

        Although my point about uranium ore being cheap is still technically correct 🤓