Indy, ttbn would be all over it if we had coal fired subs. Perhaps we could call the first, the Chatanika choo, choo? Ah say boy, shovel that coal and put your back into it, we have a deadline to meet! And I do mean dead!
Alan B.

It all sounds good, but there is still a very big question mark over nuclear waste disposal. Australia is in the fortunate position that it doesn't need to adopt nuclear, as we have the conditions to produce ample quantities of clean renewable green energy. Others are not so fortunate, and nuclear production needs for them to be a consideration, along with all its inherent problems. Politically, I think you would have more chance of convincing Australians to eat 'yellow cake' than take other peoples nuclear waste.

An even bigger question hangs over the massive cost of making Aus 100% reliant on unreliable wind and solar.

The most reliable way of dealing with nuclear waste is by reprocessing it and reusing the fuel rods. This reduces waste by nearly 99% and produces low-cost fuel rods.

Tech-challenged idiots have left Australia without the single safest and most secure carbon-neutral energy source.

To put the nuclear waste issue into perspective a 1 GWH nuclear reactor produces about a cubic metre of radioactive waste per year. Australia's current power consumption would generate about 40 cubic metres per year were it generated by nuclear, so a thousand years of waste could be stored four metres deep on a one hectare area. Future nuclear designs may be able to use the waste as a fuel source, but the rate of waste generation does not make finding a solution for nuclear waste an urgent problem.

Just this afternoon I saw on the News that three Supermarket Groups are going 100% Solar.
That sounds great however, the production of these hectares of solar panels is still mainly Petroleum based.
If Solar is as efficient as its industries keep bleating, why on Earth don't they use Solar for producing these panels first & then start producing the technology without the poluting processes ? Why don't they ? because it can't be done ! Using coal diesel is not as polluting as manufacturing Solar panels & associated cabling & glass.
It's like walking to an airport instead of driving a polluting car but then still board a petroleum guzzling passenger jet for unnecessary travel !

As it has been stated countless time before, the answer to our power usage are small manageable nuclear plants.
The Russians have made use of decommissioned nuclear War ships for years to power remote towns.
Our lot still has to become that smart & practical !