In 2013, the US Government Accountability Office said a shortage of lithium-7 critical to the operation of 65 out of 100 American nuclear reactors “places their ability to continue to provide electricity at some risk”.
I 2013 bekendtgjorde det amerikanske Government Accountability Office, at en mangel på lithium-7, der var kritisk for driften af 65 ud af 100 amerikanske kernereaktorer, “placerer deres evne til at fortsætte med at levere elektricitet i en vis risiko”.