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Nuclear Materials

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Nuclear Materials

Fuel, moderators and shielding for fission — and the metals a fusion machine would need.

Yellow Cake Uranium (14492248719) · Nuclear Regulatory Commission from US · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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3 materials shown. Figures are from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · as each source defines it for each commodity · source ↗

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Material	Shelf	World production 2025	Leading producer
UraniumA heavy, faintly radioactive metal whose nucleus can be split, releasing about two million…	Nuclear Materials	not published	—
ThoriumA weakly radioactive metal three to four times more common than uranium, which can be bred into…	Nuclear Materials	not published	—
Beryllium criticalA very light, very stiff metal that is transparent to X-rays and dangerous to breathe as dust.	Nuclear Materials	430.0metric tons · Mine production	United States53% of world production

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Yellow Cake Uranium (14492248719).jpg · Nuclear Regulatory Commission from US · Public domain
Uranium ore and "yellowcake" uranium concentrate at the Greifswald Nucl… · Siarhei Besarab · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yellowing of thorium lenses.jpg · El Grafo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Crystal surface of colorless Beryl, multicolor filter, size 5,8 x 3,9 mm.jpg · Sepelinmurskaaja · CC BY-SA 4.0

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