go figure.
it all makes money for the contractors. doesn't matter if it makes EROEI sense, so long as the big fact cost-plus projects keep rolling in... The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
Of course, the nuclear reactors would be provided by (French) Areva, so everything remains with the family.
And notice that they would be getting ultraheavy oil (also known as tar) from the oil sands (formerly known as tar sands).
The real issue is that we have a lot of infrastructure built on gasoline that cannot be replaced overnight. Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
They have recently asked for (or obtained?) a license to build such a plant in the US. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
They are deploying centrifuge plants based on Urenco technology (the company Pakistan spied on to build their bomb).
But, yes, they are retiring the Georges Besse gaseous diffusion cascade and cutting their electricity bill by 20 or so. Also, they are going to be able to rev up the use of reprocessed uranium.
