I don't see it as rebalance, but potential issue
When making this mod recipe had 238 before but then after testing it was changed to 235.
Switching to u 238 creates situation where after setting up kovarex and after filling all buffers and chests you eventually will have only 235 and no or almost no 238 left. Which will block science production.
It is highly probable that previous mod did so for same reason
So you create new issue, trying to solve inconsistency made by the fact that to make reasonable ammount of science you need kovarex.
It would probably be better to lock whole science behind kovarex instead