If you're going to build a reactor, why not Thorium? Way less expensive to build, doesn't have the radioactive issues that uranium does, you can't 'weaponize' it and you can actually use nuclear 'waste' as a source of fuel if you want to dispose of it. If I recall, the original reason Thorium was put aside was you couldn't weaponize it and the US of A needed MORE missiles with which to intimidate the Red Menace (which, monochromatically speaking, fit nicely both with the USSR and China). Since that is no longer driving factor for Nuclear reactors, I suggest you don't build them to use Uranium.
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If you're going to build a reactor, why not Thorium? Way less expensive to build, doesn't have the radioactive issues that uranium does, you can't 'weaponize' it and you can actually use nuclear 'waste' as a source of fuel if you want to dispose of it. If I recall, the original reason Thorium was put aside was you couldn't weaponize it and the US of A needed MORE missiles with which to intimidate the Red Menace (which, monochromatically speaking, fit nicely both with the USSR and China). Since that is no longer driving factor for Nuclear reactors, I suggest you don't build them to use Uranium.