Originally Posted By: Art_in_FL
Electric cars do not require nuclear power. Nuclear power, if you track the complete life-cycle costs, isn't very efficient. There is also a small problem with a small supply of commercially viable uranium. Double the number of nuclear plants and uranium becomes the next oil, something to fight over and speculate in.


Reprocess the fuel rods... Current reactors do not utilize ('burn') all the uranium in the rods. Closest analogy I can think of would be burning wood to the point of charcoal, then putting the fire out and storing the charcoal...

Yes, there are political issues with reprocessing, but there is no technical reason for claiming a limited supply of fuel for reactors.