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Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180
palegray.net writes "Wired is running a story on how Gwyneth Cravens, a former nuclear power protester has changed her views on nuclear power as a viable solution to the world's energy needs. Said Cravens: 'I used to think we surely could do better. We could have more wind farms and solar. But I then learned about base-load energy, and that there are three forms of it: fossil fuels, hydro and nuclear. In the United States, we're maxed out on hydro. That leaves fossil fuels and nuclear power, and most of the fossil fuel burned is coal.'"
Sorry I disagree. 3 years ago there was much fewer customers of uranium that we could sell to. Now we have trade agreements, signed and sealed, in place with China, Russia and India to buy our yellowcake. It makes sense that the 3 major players (blame the environmentalists for the 3 mine policy) not to extract more from the ground than they were selling. Mining more than is needed, wastes resources, and requires storage space which for yellow cake is not a simple or cheap thing to do due to the high security it requires. The safest place to have uranium you haven't sold is to leave it in the ground. Why would these companies control the supply now when the future looks like there will be a flood of new uranium MINERS in Australia? the 3 mine policy is breaking down. Just earlier this year a new company in australia (not australian owned mind you) was granted the right to start mining. And there are literally dozens of young start ups exploring for the stuff. Companies like Pepenini and Marathon look quite promising, if Rio or BHP buy them out you might be onto something but these company are also heavily funded by Chinese shareholders who won't sell easily.