Should Australia become Nuclear as we have the worlds largest deposits of Uranium, to ward of any threats ?

Question

So atm were not Nuclear, well only for medical research purposes anyway. We do have the largest unmined deposits of yellow cake and uranium in the world. So should we start mining and go Nuclear at least for power sources as its suppose to be a clean energy source compared to fossil fuel. With no carbon elements or increased risk of global warming. After that we could launch our own Nuclear Defence system and be untouchable from the risk of invasion from foreign hordes ! I don't know if we need it, but wouldn't it strengthen us ?

The problem of disposing of and storing spent fuel rods could easily be solved by deep underground mine shafts in the Western Desert. Australia is about 80% desert with 90% of our population residing on Eastern Coastline. The Simpson desert could cater easily with underground storage facilities transported on an inland railline. That way in either direction it's about 1000kms from the nearest populated Cities. This storage facility could be tendered to the US to pay for the construction of power plants. We do have a Nuclear Reactor in Sydney at Lucas Heights, my Uncle is a technician there ! I have heard from him our Submarine fleet is infact Nuclear capable, so why not ?
PS. It would be so much cleaner and with isolated storage facilities far less risky than the damage we're doing with fossil fuels, green house gases, global warming and the ozone layer and Carbon emissions !

Answer 1

There is a big difference between the world of building nuclear power stations, and nuclear weapons system.

The bomb was tested in co-operation with the British on Australian territory years ago and
I believe that Australia already has nuclear strike capability.

As for using it to fuel Australian energy concerns, it possibly will be the only way to go after the natural resources of coal, gas, etc.. run out.

The Swedes have some very new, powerful Nuclear generators with far better safety features than the flawed Russian design used at Chernobyl.

Answer 2

Where will you dispense the old nuclear fuel rods?

Hey, why not go nuclear? Everyone else is. Join all the tribal disputes and be an equal opportunity earth destroyer.

It is going to be interesting where all these spent nuclear fuel rods are going to be stored--not just for Australia but the world over. Maybe that could be a new economic boom for Africa--every country in the world could send their spent nuclear fuel rods to Africa. After all, the people in Africa are perishing from so many different things, what's a few spent nuclear fuel rods?

Answer 3

That's not an easy question for someone who isn't Australian to answer. If Australia were to say start building nuclear power plants, It would be wise to plan and set up a long term storage facility for spent fuel, and develop a way of transporting it to that site, before the first plant is built.

Answer 4

Well I am Australian and no I do not want to go nuclear anything. Nuclear Power stations maybe clean but they cost far more to supply energy than the current means of generating power.

Maybe the alternative is to look at wind, solar.

And the dessert is our land and it is not for storing spent fuel rods.

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Answer 6

if Australia starts to become a nuclear power,the nearby countries will want to go nuclear too,won't it be better if every country has nukes? so MAD will be applied to everyone and everyone will not attack others anymore

Answer 7

I wish I could move to Austrailia, America sucks these days.

Answer 8

For power generation, yes, absolutely.