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Nuclear power for Australia? – a definite NO

Australia’s Future Power Sources Won’t Include Nuclear – PM CANBERRA  -By Ray Brindal, Dow Jones Newswires 4 November 09 – The future sources for Australia’s power needs include coal, natural gas and a range of renewables rather than nuclear, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.

Australia’s challenge for power generation, as the world’s biggest exporter of seaborne coal, is to invest in “clean coal” technology that captures and stores carbon and to develop the vast array of gas sources available including using liquefied natural gas onshore, he said.

As well, Australia needs to invest in renewable energy sources including large-scale solar and wind, to meet the government’s target of sourcing 20% of its power needs from renewable sources by 2020, he said.

“This is the future for Australia, other countries will reach their own decisions” about their sources of energy, Rudd said in an interview on radio 4BC when asked about developing nuclear power domestically……….

………….. Rudd also argued against nuclear power on the basis of cost, the relatively modest amount of power that modeling suggests would be available from this source and the difficulty of locating a nuclear power station near water.

Australia’s Future Power Sources Won’t Include Nuclear – PM

November 4, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy, politics, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, energy, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium