http://au.news.yahoo.com/060925/2/10o31.html

"Nuclear energy could become a viable industry in Australia within 15 years, according to a federal government taskforce."

Nuclear power is expected to get cheaper over time relative to fossil fuels. As global carbon emission trading laws expected to be introduced in response to climate change make coal more expensive as an option. Already the rest of the World is quickly embracing nuclear energy as the cleaner option for supplying ever increasing energy demands and this latest news is another positive result for the imminent nuclear renaissance.

Wayne Smith seems to be falling for the concerted hype from the international nuclear lobby. Uranium shares boom in a speculative way, due to this hype. But the truth is that in the U.S.A, the UK and European countries with experience in nuclear power - there is an urgent dilemma going on about waste disposal. Power companies will not invest in new reactors until they can persuade governments to take responsibility for the wastes.
The Bush and Blair governments desperately push the undustry, because they want more fuel for a new generation of nuclear weapons.
Third World countries are being conned by the nuclear hype, but it would be pretty naive for us to think that they are not keen to also have the nuclear weapons option.
When it comes to remedies for climate change, it is increasingly obvious that nuclear power would be (a) too late to matter (b) a short-time option only (c) too dangerous and environmentally bad, and (d) - the big one TOO EXPENSIVE!
I think that, this time, Australia will not be conned by John Howard, with his nuclear-phyicist-stacked, fake, inquiry. Christina Macpherson www.antinuclearaustralia.com

Christina Mac has I think become tied to older beliefs.
This suggestion from a friend of mine who is a real expert in this field
having spent almost all his adult life working in the nuclear processing and reactor business.

Stop export of yellow cake.
Build a plant to process enriched ore to power station requirement.
Not sell but lease fuel rods.
No replacement until used rods returned.
Process returned rods to reuce radioactivity and volume.
Store in suitable location in Australia. I understand that there are
no end of good sites.
Rack in the money.

It is true that there is only 40 years of uranium IF all power was
generated from uranium. Then breeders could be used for further fuel.

If CO2 sequestration does not work and nuclear is not used then
prepare to freeze in the dark. Don't let the greenie propaganda
fool you into thinking that solar & wind has a hope in hell.
One exception could be hot rocks, but I don't know why we have not
heard any more about it. Maybe they have run into a catch 22.
Safety: The Chenobly problem was warned about in 1956 but the Russians
knew better and ignored the warning.

Christina Mac, don't take much notice of WayneSmith and Bazz. They are on their own little crusade to make Australia glow.
The real truth is that little Johnnie wants nuclear power because big business wants nuclear power.
If we all have rooftop solar collectors and cut back our obscene levels of consumption, how will the fat guys in three piece suits afford another air conditioned villa on the Gold Coast?
Basically big, centralised power plants are great for keeping the consumers forking over for monthly bills, working like slaves and in their place.
To these guys a society of self sufficient, environmentally responsible citizens is tantamount to anarchy.
They want nuclear power in order to maintain the status quo and keep us in our place.

I agree you accent. If our government truly wanted to help and preserve our environment then NUCLEAR POWER WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. Where does all the wastage go? How safe is it? We don't have an endless supply of land and sea to keep throwing this toxic crap into. There are other, safer alternatives that our goverment could be investing money into. However they choose not to. Why? Because apparently, as usual, America knows best and little Johnnie shall follow.

The idea of nuclear energy is now utterly ridiculous. As an energy resource uranium has peaked, quality uranium has already been consumed. The cost of nuclear energy will become increasingly expensive. The cost of managing the waste already expensive will also inflate. Like elsewhere in the world nuclear energy and waste will be assigned to the poorest communities. A cheaper alternative to nuclear energy would be burning money. Now we know depleted uranium is dangerous to handle. We know nuclear accidents are inevitable. We know from Chernobyl that radiation can not be contained. We know nuclear power stations leak. We know by using nuclear power we are sacrficing our children. We know that nuclear energy corrupts governments. We know it takes more electricity to get a nuclear power station up and running than the greenhouse savings it offers. Why would anybody seriously consider nuclear energy?
The only people who need nuclear energy is nuclear physicists who need the work. Seems like such a big sacrifice just for a few careers.