[Gllug] [OT] Technobabble

[John Hearns]

On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 17:33 +0000, Chris Bell wrote:

>    I thought that our nuclear facilities were powered by U235 extracted from
> mines in the UK, as it is found in the same areas as tin, lead, and silver.
>    
Speculation, but the original Windscale piles were probably powered by
uranium from Canada. There was/is a big reactor installation at Chalk
River and Canada has uranium deposits.
Or perhaps from Australia - I will have to check.

These days I'd imagine the Belgian Congo to be a prime source.


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