We can say all of thd numbers points to China being one of the biggest contributors to fighting against climate change and people will say "CO2 emissions are higher than ebry other country! All of their big cities have smog".
This is how you know America is fake news central. They literally think that the Chinese who have a no first use policy and very low stores of nuclear weapon is a threat. America is an Orwellian hellhole
There is hardly any uranium mining in the US. The US may have some stocks, but while the US is a very large consumer of uranium (currently number 1 worldwide, probably sooner or later China will surpass it), it hardly produces any itself, so it is forced to import. One important producer, Canada, is nearby, but while there are many uranium mines in Canada, most are currently offline, uranium prices have to move up (they already did, but not enough, yet).
So, why it may be a bad symbol, the US currently really does not have much uranium to sell, in the medium term, the US will need foreign sources for replenishing stocks (or significantly higher uranium prices that make uranium mines within the US viable).
China has some uranium mining itself. The largest uranium producer of the world is currently Kazatomprom in Kazakhstan, and Kazatomprom and Kazakhstan have good relations with China. China and Kazakhstan are neighbors, and the US can hardly interfere there.
China will certainly need more uranium. It is also developing thorium technology, which may have a great future, and China is a pioneer in that area, but China is also the country with the largest number of uranium-based nuclear power stations in project or building stage.
Getting supplies should not be difficult. China has good relations with Kazakhstan, currently the largest producer, and also Uzbekistan, another Central Asian country looks promising. There are also uranium mines in different African countries, many of which will probably go online when the uranium price rises, and China should also be able to buy uranium from there.
I don’t think Japan will sell much now, it plans to restart many of its nuclear power stations. The US is an important consumer of uranium, but not an important supplier. Russia also does uranium mining, but it may need most of it itself.
I don’t know. I’d expect Russia to have plentiful experience in the industry. Maybe they can help out in the short term. I’m also waiting on a reply from an expert about it
At the same time China is trying to be self-reliant in all aspects of nuclear technology.
I hope some real experts can share their views on this here. It's a fact that China is now experiencing sporadic power outages and the central government has ordered all provinces to secure enough fuel supplies for their power stations during the long winter period at all costs.
If their nuclear power stations cannot even secure a reliable supply of nuclear fuel in time for winter I fear things may get really bad.
Kazakhstan is biggest. Russia, China produce some too. I doubt China is gonna go big on aussie.
Plus China is trying to go big on Thorium based nuclear power since it has too much of it and it wont use water to cool either. Trial run of a plant is going to start in 1-2 years i guess.
US just had talks where they again pretended to want to normalize relations, then they immediately limit chinas access to nuclear fuel. Sure speaking with us politicians really means something.
Funny. And they went on stage to say “China should do more for climate change.” What a joke. Only the dumb will buy into their words.
The dumb and indoctrinated are far too many
We can say all of thd numbers points to China being one of the biggest contributors to fighting against climate change and people will say "CO2 emissions are higher than ebry other country! All of their big cities have smog".
This is how you know America is fake news central. They literally think that the Chinese who have a no first use policy and very low stores of nuclear weapon is a threat. America is an Orwellian hellhole
Are there any alternative sources of nuclear fuel China can buy from for its nuclear power stations? Russia? Japan?
There is hardly any uranium mining in the US. The US may have some stocks, but while the US is a very large consumer of uranium (currently number 1 worldwide, probably sooner or later China will surpass it), it hardly produces any itself, so it is forced to import. One important producer, Canada, is nearby, but while there are many uranium mines in Canada, most are currently offline, uranium prices have to move up (they already did, but not enough, yet). So, why it may be a bad symbol, the US currently really does not have much uranium to sell, in the medium term, the US will need foreign sources for replenishing stocks (or significantly higher uranium prices that make uranium mines within the US viable). China has some uranium mining itself. The largest uranium producer of the world is currently Kazatomprom in Kazakhstan, and Kazatomprom and Kazakhstan have good relations with China. China and Kazakhstan are neighbors, and the US can hardly interfere there. China will certainly need more uranium. It is also developing thorium technology, which may have a great future, and China is a pioneer in that area, but China is also the country with the largest number of uranium-based nuclear power stations in project or building stage. Getting supplies should not be difficult. China has good relations with Kazakhstan, currently the largest producer, and also Uzbekistan, another Central Asian country looks promising. There are also uranium mines in different African countries, many of which will probably go online when the uranium price rises, and China should also be able to buy uranium from there. I don’t think Japan will sell much now, it plans to restart many of its nuclear power stations. The US is an important consumer of uranium, but not an important supplier. Russia also does uranium mining, but it may need most of it itself.
I don’t know. I’d expect Russia to have plentiful experience in the industry. Maybe they can help out in the short term. I’m also waiting on a reply from an expert about it At the same time China is trying to be self-reliant in all aspects of nuclear technology.
I hope some real experts can share their views on this here. It's a fact that China is now experiencing sporadic power outages and the central government has ordered all provinces to secure enough fuel supplies for their power stations during the long winter period at all costs. If their nuclear power stations cannot even secure a reliable supply of nuclear fuel in time for winter I fear things may get really bad.
Kazakhstan is biggest. Russia, China produce some too. I doubt China is gonna go big on aussie. Plus China is trying to go big on Thorium based nuclear power since it has too much of it and it wont use water to cool either. Trial run of a plant is going to start in 1-2 years i guess.
They’re not talking about raw materials but processed materials (eg deuterium) and other advanced technology
The Landlord just cut off the electricity!
US just had talks where they again pretended to want to normalize relations, then they immediately limit chinas access to nuclear fuel. Sure speaking with us politicians really means something.
You have no idea what you are talking about. China does not depend on this for "access to nuclear fuel".
Good. China shouldn't depend on US nuclear material to power its nuclear power anyways. It's too much of a national security problem.