urg::: Australian industry calls for nuclear study

[Len Kanaar - FoE Sydney]

Nuclear Engineering International

Australian industry calls for nuclear study
31 August 2005

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia's 
largest and business organisation, has called for the Australian 
government to conduct a feasibility study into the establishment of 
nuclear power facilities in Australia and to re-open its recent 
Energy White Paper: Securing Australia's Energy Future so as to 
canvass the possibility of nuclear power.

Nuclear energy is currently attracting increased interest across the 
globe, the ACCI says, primarily due to concerns about rising energy 
costs as well as greater sensitivity to the possible effect of 
greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and an energy source which 
provides base load power while neither threatening economic growth 
nor contributing to greenhouse gas emissions should not be 
arbitrarily ruled out of consideration. The group says it is time to 
revisit the issue of domestic nuclear power.


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