No nuclear power for Western Australia – State government rules
Government rules out nuclear power for WA mines, Perth Now, AAP , August 30, 2011 THE WA government has rejected a call by mining giant Rio Tinto for it to consider using nuclear energy plants to supply some of the state’s future electricity needs. In submissions to the government’s peak energy advisory body, Rio asked why the option of nuclear power was not at least being canvassed.
But WA Energy Minister Peter Collier said there was simply no demand for nuclear energy in WA and it would not be used in the state in the next two decades.
`We have sufficient capacity through other fuel sources such as gas and coal and renewables,” he told ABC Radio on Tuesday.
Opposition Leader Eric Ripper said there was no public support for nuclear power and Labor also would not support its introduction….http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/government-rules-out-nuclear-power-for-wa-mines/story-e6frg13u-1226125360975
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