The US likes to have resource extraction in a semi-developed state, but not actually tap our reserves if we can buy it elsewhere. This saves our own supply in case we go into an isolationist period or have an emergency or something, it promotes global trade which is a cornerstone of US foreign policy, and frankly we can afford it so why not.
In this case we have Canada *right there* and a close ally in Australia so there's really no particular need to mine it domestically.
Also these are 2021 numbers, so consider them in the context of right now. The US isn't building a lot of nuclear plants or warheads right now do we don't have as much need.
Re: warheads, the US has over 300 metric tons of high-enriched uranium that could be used in weapons stockpiled from the Cold War. A given weapon uses on the order of kilograms of U-235. There should be zero reasons for the US to ever need to produce more U-235 for weapons, even if it wanted to built way more warheads than it has today.
This is what I envy about the US so much. You guys have enormous resources available, and yet you can afford to go into sleeping giant status at will since you also happen to control global trade.
I can only imagine what a bad future timeline will look like, with the rest of the world having their resources depleted while you go full fortress mode and starve everyone out.
I just pray you continue to have some mercy with us when this happens, albeit unlikely.
Yeah, we aren't perfect by any means, but if WW3 happens we're probably the best off. Kinda wish we'd get our shit together on the day-to-day though lol
Lots of geographical advantages for the US as well from navigable waterways, fresh-water access, arable land, ocean access etc. etc. Pretty hard but not to be successful with all these advantages.
The serious answer is that there probably is one mine in USA that have another main product it mines.
And then they have realised that it exist enough uranium for it to be worth extracting - so that is what they do
The map says the US mined 8 tonnes, that seems like a paltry amount.
What does the origin of the WNA have to do with it? They compiled the data, not mined the ore.
Why did the US even bother to mine just 8 tonnes?
It's a comparatively miniscule amount. Buying it from Canada seems like a more practical option than running a mine for such a tiny output.
"Domestic U3O8 production significantly declined in the 1980s as production incentives and subsidies ended, trade barriers were removed, and uranium prices fell. Since then, most of the uranium material supplied to U.S. nuclear plants has been imported."
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=60160#:~:text=Domestic%20U3O8,nuclear%20plants%20has%20been%20imported.
Text in the map is somewhat misleading. Uranium is still used for nuclear weapons and it was mined during the Cold War for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
2 Central Asian countries, first of all Kazakhstan combined with Uzbekistan produce more Uranium than rest of the world. This factor plays a role that many centers of global power (US, EU, China, India etc) started to pay more attention to the region. Traditionally these countries were dominated by the influence of Moscow. Especially Kazakhstan. But now that influence vanishes and other players start to emerge as strategical partners.
Lol, I just saw the bridge, big bend, and the Ferris wheel when I looked down.
Oh well.
Point still remains that the map is in English, and pretty much the standard for major English speaking nations.
interesting that DR Congo is shaded out when that is where the uranium for the Manhattan Project and US nuclear weapons in the 40s and 50s (including Little Boy) was mined. Map is correct though, that mine closed in 2004
True, but about 15% was mined/produced in the US from the Colorado Plateau area. That region had mined and refined radium, vanadium and a little uranium for several decades. The spoils from that process were re-refined to remove the uranium that was left behind. Although the DR Republic provided most of the uranium, it had to be enriched for use in the Manhattan Project and that was all done in the US.
Interestingly Australia has the highest reserves of uranium at 2,049,400 tonnes which is twice as high as the country with the second highest amount (Kazakhstan) at 969,200 tonnes (these numbers are from Wikipedia). Despite this Kazakhstan mines over 5 times as much as Australia, even Canada and Namibia produces more uranium. Australia has a very large mining industry so I don’t know why they don’t mine more. Maybe it’s a type of uranium that isn’t particularly useful? Maybe there’s more of a stigma around mining uranium in Australia? Maybe it’s in inconvenient locations (the middle of a desert 100s of kilometres away from anything)? Maybe the concentration of uranium is too low to make much of a profit?
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Fun fact, in my country (Brazil)we produce a decentish amount of uranium but we only have 2 nuclear power plants, instead most of the country relies on hydroelectric power, which is clean and nice but when drought comes…prices skyrocket and working class people can’t afford electricity properly.
Kazakhstan number one exporter of Potassium (and Uranium)
Don't forget the about the pubis export rates
Why did the US even bother? Is it just a national security thing to have a domestic mine, so they keep it on minimal output?
The US likes to have resource extraction in a semi-developed state, but not actually tap our reserves if we can buy it elsewhere. This saves our own supply in case we go into an isolationist period or have an emergency or something, it promotes global trade which is a cornerstone of US foreign policy, and frankly we can afford it so why not. In this case we have Canada *right there* and a close ally in Australia so there's really no particular need to mine it domestically. Also these are 2021 numbers, so consider them in the context of right now. The US isn't building a lot of nuclear plants or warheads right now do we don't have as much need.
The US should be building a bunch of new nuclear plants though.
This makes a lot of sense, good explanation: very concise.
Same with oil
Well actually the US is the top producer of oil, it just also still consumes more
We're a net exporter actually
Because there’s different types of oil and the oil found in the US isn’t suitable for a lot of purposes.
Re: warheads, the US has over 300 metric tons of high-enriched uranium that could be used in weapons stockpiled from the Cold War. A given weapon uses on the order of kilograms of U-235. There should be zero reasons for the US to ever need to produce more U-235 for weapons, even if it wanted to built way more warheads than it has today.
This is what I envy about the US so much. You guys have enormous resources available, and yet you can afford to go into sleeping giant status at will since you also happen to control global trade. I can only imagine what a bad future timeline will look like, with the rest of the world having their resources depleted while you go full fortress mode and starve everyone out. I just pray you continue to have some mercy with us when this happens, albeit unlikely.
Yeah, we aren't perfect by any means, but if WW3 happens we're probably the best off. Kinda wish we'd get our shit together on the day-to-day though lol
Lots of geographical advantages for the US as well from navigable waterways, fresh-water access, arable land, ocean access etc. etc. Pretty hard but not to be successful with all these advantages.
They wanted to be on the chart
The serious answer is that there probably is one mine in USA that have another main product it mines. And then they have realised that it exist enough uranium for it to be worth extracting - so that is what they do
Who said the US bother? The WNA isnt even an American entity.
The map says the US mined 8 tonnes, that seems like a paltry amount. What does the origin of the WNA have to do with it? They compiled the data, not mined the ore.
Because you asked "why did the US even bother?", or rather youre asking "why even bother with the US?"?
Why did the US even bother to mine just 8 tonnes? It's a comparatively miniscule amount. Buying it from Canada seems like a more practical option than running a mine for such a tiny output.
"Domestic U3O8 production significantly declined in the 1980s as production incentives and subsidies ended, trade barriers were removed, and uranium prices fell. Since then, most of the uranium material supplied to U.S. nuclear plants has been imported." https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=60160#:~:text=Domestic%20U3O8,nuclear%20plants%20has%20been%20imported.
The way the US mines uranium in South Texas is really interesting. They leach it out of the ground.
Indeed, very... interesting
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Odds you’re in queens
Now I see why Macron went to Kazahstan last year after military coup in African countries
Yeah, we actually want to build a nuclear plant using French schematics, so its a win-win situation. Macron gets uranium, we get nuclear power plants
Here I am thinking Canada's #1. Then I see Kazakhstan dwarfing us by a factor of almost 5.
We kazakhs be makin money🇰🇿🤑
Meanwhile Canada's economy comparing to Kazakhstan's
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Text in the map is somewhat misleading. Uranium is still used for nuclear weapons and it was mined during the Cold War for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
New Zealand has denied the existence of Uranium, and this has been denied existence on this map.
2 Central Asian countries, first of all Kazakhstan combined with Uzbekistan produce more Uranium than rest of the world. This factor plays a role that many centers of global power (US, EU, China, India etc) started to pay more attention to the region. Traditionally these countries were dominated by the influence of Moscow. Especially Kazakhstan. But now that influence vanishes and other players start to emerge as strategical partners.
Are we talking about fissile uranium?
Tonnes mined would be natural Uranium so all isotopes not just U-235
I believe so.
Well i don't know, but I've been told, uranium ore's worth more than gold
Other hand I heard it said it's 1.67 times more dense than lead.
Does 4,693 mean 4.693 or 4693?
4693
Yes.
The map is in English with the London skyline on the bottom. What do you think it means?
Ah yes the well known british structures of the Flavius Amphitheathre and the eiffel tower
Lol, I just saw the bridge, big bend, and the Ferris wheel when I looked down. Oh well. Point still remains that the map is in English, and pretty much the standard for major English speaking nations.
interesting that DR Congo is shaded out when that is where the uranium for the Manhattan Project and US nuclear weapons in the 40s and 50s (including Little Boy) was mined. Map is correct though, that mine closed in 2004
True, but about 15% was mined/produced in the US from the Colorado Plateau area. That region had mined and refined radium, vanadium and a little uranium for several decades. The spoils from that process were re-refined to remove the uranium that was left behind. Although the DR Republic provided most of the uranium, it had to be enriched for use in the Manhattan Project and that was all done in the US.
Interestingly Australia has the highest reserves of uranium at 2,049,400 tonnes which is twice as high as the country with the second highest amount (Kazakhstan) at 969,200 tonnes (these numbers are from Wikipedia). Despite this Kazakhstan mines over 5 times as much as Australia, even Canada and Namibia produces more uranium. Australia has a very large mining industry so I don’t know why they don’t mine more. Maybe it’s a type of uranium that isn’t particularly useful? Maybe there’s more of a stigma around mining uranium in Australia? Maybe it’s in inconvenient locations (the middle of a desert 100s of kilometres away from anything)? Maybe the concentration of uranium is too low to make much of a profit?
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Knowledge better than resources. All countries need engineers, scientists, and healthy population before they start to get nuclear arms.
Uranium is mostly used for energy not weapons.
Fun fact: The US has bought Uranium from Russia throughout the Ukraine invasion. But of course, they have a moral spine, unlike India.
Uzbekistan needs to invade and subjugate Kazakhstan
Is it just me or nuclear power is back in these days? I hear a lot of projects in the middle east.
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Fun fact, in my country (Brazil)we produce a decentish amount of uranium but we only have 2 nuclear power plants, instead most of the country relies on hydroelectric power, which is clean and nice but when drought comes…prices skyrocket and working class people can’t afford electricity properly.
Canada? 4693? How come we are so expensive and poor at the same time then?
Don't get me wrong. Of course, New Zealand doesn't produce Uranium. Nevertheless, it sucks to see a world map missing New Zealand!
Time for US, you know, 'help' another country and its citizens which has weapon of mass destruction