http://www.uraniumseek.com/news/UraniumSeek/1175092156.php
"The uranium used in nuclear power plants comes in pellets. Typically, a pellet of uranium weighs around seven grams or 0.24 ounces. This pellet is capable of generating as much energy as three and a half barrels of oil. At $60 a barrel, you’d need to spend $210 for oil. On the other hand, it costs around $1.43 to buy 0.24 ounces of uranium at the current price of $95 per pound." Terry On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I gather uranium costs about $40/kg. Does anyone know what it costs by the > time they make it into uranium oxide fuel pellets? > > Those pellets, I finally established, are 11.5 mm diameter, 15 mm long. At > least according to this: > > http://www.insc.anl.gov/rbmk/reactor/assembly.html > > They weigh about 16 g if I have done my arithmetic right, which is doubtful. > I did not take into account the 2 mm hole, for one thing. > > > Fuel pellet > > Fuel Uranium dioxide > Fuel enrichment in U-235, % 2 > Edge pellet enrichment, % 0.4 > Fuel pellet density, kg/m3 10400 > Fuel pellet diameter, mm 11.5 > Fuel pellet length. mm 15 > Pellet central orifice diameter, mm 2 > Maximum pellet temperature, C 2100 > > > - Jed > >
