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Nuclear Power for Australia?

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




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