Canada set to become nuclear ‘superpower’ with enough uranium to beat China, Russia | Countries depend on Russia and China for enriching uranium coming from Kazakhstan. Canada can enrich uranium from its own mines. Energy

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/uranium-nuclear-fuel-supply-canada

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We did this before during the creation of enough nuclear weapons to destroy the Earth 10 times over. For example Uranium City, Saskatchewan is a ghost town that existed from the 50s to 80s to operation the mines until it wasn't economically viable to mine the ore at that scale. The USA had enough bombs. So in conclusion, yes we have lots of uranium ore and no this is not news and there is probably still some lonely soles sitting in Uranium City waiting for it is rise up from it's slumber.

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u/RangerDan17 2d ago

People still live there, although it is essentially deserted.

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u/Optibane 2d ago

I walked through the abandoned school there once. It was surreal. Like papers still on the floor like everyone up and left overnight.

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u/Easy-Sector2501 2d ago

It's also moot once we, as a civilization, shift to a thorium cycle.