Forbes.com reports the hunt is on for uranium.
The statistic is often given that there is about 40 years worth of of uranium left, and this is the duration therefore of the provision of nuclear power. In fact, there is much more uranium around than that, and the use of thorium and “waste” transuranics would see the industry continue well beyond the foreseeable future, including potential technology that actually destroys nuclear waste and turns it into useful energy.
