| Australia has one of the worlds largest
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| | The vast majority of Australian would
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| supplies of Uranium. It is therefore
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| | have the view of "not in my back yard".
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| ironic that Australia has not taken
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| | Whilst most wouldn't care if a power
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| advantage of this resource to produce
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| | plant in the middle of the desert a
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| power. Australia only has one nuclear
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| | couple of thousand of kilometers away,
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| reactor and this is mainly for scientific
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| | the lack of water and transmission costs
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| use/research not the production of power.
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| | for make this an unrealistic option.
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| This is because Australia also has huge
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| | With a power plant in their back yard
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| cheaply access coal reserves. Australia
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| | there is the higher risk of radiation
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| therefore has numerous coal plants for
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| | from the transport of nuclear waste to a
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| the production of power, the majority of
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| | holding facility (likely to be somewhere
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| power production coming from this source.
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| | in the outback). Although Australian
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| Being a dry continent currently in the
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| | could easily have a nucealr waste
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| grip of a record drought the options for
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| | facility with no threat to people due to
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| hydro power is limited and largely
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| | extreme isolation and geological stablity
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| already exploited.
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| | in the outback, the problem lies in
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| The problem with being so reliant on coal
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| | transporting the stuff there. Road and
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| is the amount of CO2 and other gases
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| | Rail transport are both subject to
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| produced that are contributing to global
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| | regular accidents. A heavy vehicle
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| warming. Australia which continues to
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| | carrying waste could result in a
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| has a growing economy and population has
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| | mini-chernobyl with nuclear waste
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| increasing power demands like most of the
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| | entering the environment from such an
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| world. Australia which has not sign the
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| | accident possibly endangering a large
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| Kyoto agreement (rightly so as Kyoto is a
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| | area and having long term consequences.
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| mere band aid measure and will not
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| | Such waste from a nuclear power plant
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| seriously change our environmental
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| | would also give Australia the potential
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| problems).
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| | to immediately make nuclear weapons in a
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| Thus the Australian prime minister, John
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| | very short space of time. Australia is
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| Howard, is pushing Australians to
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| | already recognised has having the
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| consider the nuclear option to meet
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| | technological know how to produce the
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| future power needs as nuclear power
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| | require missle and warhead technology.
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| plants don't emit CO2 or other greenhouse
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| | Such an outcome would be very worrying
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| gases. However there are a number of
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| | for our neighbours and lessen our
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| problems with this option.
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| | argument against nations such as North
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| Firstly nuclear power is more expensive
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| | Korea having nuclear weapons.
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| power. Australians already complain
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| | Likewise such nuclear power plants would
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| about the size of their power bills (an
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| | be a magnet for terrorists and the like.
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| average family in Brisbane spends about
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| | The final nail in the coffin for the
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| $500-$800 a quarter or over $2000 a
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| | prime ministers idea is that the states
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| year). This is particularly felt most by
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| | have made it clear they have no interest
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| those who rely on air conditioning to
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| | in nuclear power. Such a battle over
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| counter Australia's hot climate. They
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| | energy would be over the very survival of
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| are not willing to accept more expensive
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| | states and their rights. If the states
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| options.
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| | lost such a battle the point of having
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| Secondly although there are thousands of
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| | individual state parliments would be
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| nuclear power plants operating without
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| | mute, they would be useless overhangs
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| incident and although it happened on the
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| | from federation with the Federal
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| other side of the world Australians are
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| | government in fact taking over all
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| well aware of the Chernobyl disaster and
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| | government in Australia should such an
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| the shocking consequences that continue
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| | eventually occur. Some would argue this
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| to be felt. Australia although a large
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| | process of the destruction of the state
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| continent is essentially like a giant
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| | government is already well underway, with
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| island with a belt of green extending
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| | the federal government grabbing ever more
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| only a few hundred kilometers inland from
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| | power, but further on this is for another
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| the sea with the rest being in a vast
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| | article.
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| desert or near desert condition for much
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| | Whilst nuclear power presents a vison of
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| of the time. Australia couldn't afford
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| | greenhouse gase free energy production it
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| to have any section of this 'green' band
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| | doesn't present a realistic future for
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| destroyed or a no go zone, such a result
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| | Australia. Australia has other options
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| would have a greater impact in event of a
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| | to explore, both wind and solar, possibly
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| disaster than in other 'normal'
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| | geothermal and even the real future for a
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| countries. It has already been made
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| | cleaner world - H2 - Hydrogen power.
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| clear for nuclear power to be a option is
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| | Perhaps putting research and money into
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| must be near a water source and near to
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| | this field will produce better and more
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| power users to cut down on transmission
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| | politically acceptable results.
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| costs.
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