Iraqi Oil

[kandrathe]

There is actually not enough uranium in nature usefull for nuclear plants, to fuel all our energy needs.
So an other type of uranium, wich is more abundant, needs to be transformed into the type that can be used to fuel power plants.

All uranium in nature is not suitable for fission, and needs to be refined and manufactured into fuel capable rods. IIRC, there is evidence of a naturally occuring pocket of enriched uranium ore in Africa that with the aid of rain water became naturally fissile. That pocket entirely transformed itself into plutonium, which then decayed, and so on, and so on, until it became a lead deposit. Your general point "not enough uranium in nature" is wrong, and you can learn about it here: Uranium Facts Page

The plants who do this are called (uhm, unfortunately i don't know the name in english) and they house very complex technology and these plants are essential for creating A-bomb's. They also preduce radio active waste that needs to be safely stored away somewhere, and although it may not seem much, it takes a very long time before this waste can be considered "safe" so it will eventually build up into huge amounts! Witch can't be dumped just anywhere, but need to be protected by expensive guards etc. etc.

Uranium enrichment facilities. I believe you are thinking of weapons grade U-235, which can be used to make bombs. A gas cetrifuge spinning at very, very high speeds separates the U-235 from the U-238. That is not neccesary for uranium used to fuel power reactors. The uranium ore used for fuel needs to be separated from the rocks, and its concentration of U235 is about 4%. The ore waste is usually put back into the holes it was taken from with much of its radioactive content removed. Actually, waste is a misnomer for spent nuclear fuel. The rods can be cooled, and then reprocessed to remove the new isotopes for nuclear medicine, and the plutonium (Pu-239) can be reused as nuclear fuel for breeder reactors.

You might also be concerned about Radioactive Elements in Coal and Fly Ash, not to mention the cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead, etc., etc.

But why build our own nuclear plants if mother earth alreaddy has one! In the core of our planet! There is enough energy out there to fill all our needs for at least 10.000.000. years! Deep down, rock melts! so it certainly can heat up some steam to drive a steamturbine! All that needs to be done is finding out a way to make this energy useable. is any research being done here? I don't know about any.

Yes, it is called geothermal. It might be viable in places where there is a magma chamber close to the surface (why you might want to live above one is another question), but for most of the places on the planet it is not feasible.

But don't be so naive to think that the US does anything just for charity. The US is not better than France, its all about selfish needs!

The US has clearly stated that its concern in Iraq is for national security reasons, those include defense (from WMD proliferation), and economic (destabilization of the nations who own the middle east oil fields). If that is selfish, then so be it. But, I am one who thinks that the US government is doing their job by looking out for my interests. But, I also think they are being a bit coarse in their methods.