Originally Posted by MadCow257
Uranium is not like petrol, very little is used. The cost and expertise needed to make a reactor are quite high, but people seem pretty willing to share knowledge if it means less pollution and gas demand. There will also be multinational cooperation to mitigate the cost. As far as running costs, they're quite a bit lower then typical coal plants. Uranium itself costs less per kilo than a barrel of crude. It is also very elastic to price changes that would throw other fuel types to chaos. We really don't know how much uranium there is in the crust, but it seems limitless (I know people said that about petrol too, but it really isn't the same). I think the holdup now is reluctance to spend the cash on new plants, and no agreement over what to do with the waste...