Australia should explore nuclear waste before we try domestic nuclear power
- Written by Heiko Timmers, Associate Professor of Physics, UNSW
Last year Australia sold more than 7,000 tonnes of uranium, at a value of nearly A$600 million.
This uranium produced nearly as much energy as Australia uses in a year, but with less than 10% of the carbon dioxide from coal-fired power stations.
Geoscience Australia has estimated Australia could mine up to 1.27 million tonnes of uranium at a...
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