Nuclear Power for Australia

Australia is home to the world’s largest uranium reserves and ample reserves of Thorium.

Yet foolish decisions by successive governments mean that we are the ONLY advanced economy in the world to ban this cheap, clean and reliable source of energy for our own use.

Repeated scientific inquiries have found that Australia is ideal for nuclear power. Nuclear energy produces power at a fraction of the per-unit cost of coal or natural gas and has a fraction of the carbon emissions of a solar or wind plant.

Now with new innovations around the world in countries like the UK, UAE, Turkey, Argentina, India and China where it is expanding, the costs of starting up a nuclear plant and the output of waste are both trending rapidly downwards.

It’s about time that our governments did away with our ill-conceived and outdated ban on nuclear energy so we can finally take advantage of this great land’s natural gifts to deliver our families and businesses cheap, reliable and clean power that will improve our living standards, invigorate the economy, and turn Australia into the competitive international powerhouse we deserve to be.

Complete our form and let the federal and NSW state government know that you support a cheap and clean and innovative nuclear power future for Australia!

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Dear committee member,

As one of your constituents, I strongly encourage you to support nuclear energy generation within Australia. In light of the NSW Parliament’s Inquiry into the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2019 and the Federal Parliament’s Inquiry into the Prerequisites for Nuclear Energy in Australia, I would like to emphasise how integral a strong nuclear energy industry is for Australia given our comparative advantage to eventually become a world leader in the field as a large holder of uranium and thorium reserves, the potential of nuclear energy to deliver clean, cheap and reliable power, and its potential to help us meet and exceed our commitments to lower greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Climate agreement. Legalising nuclear power will enable Australia’s environment and economy to flourish and will encourage energy affordability and reliability.

Nuclear energy offers multiple environmental benefits to Australia. It is clean, emits a fraction of the carbon emissions of even solar and wind energy according to the UN IPCC, and does not represent an air pollution or noise pollution problem the way other energy sources might. Australia is blessed with abundant uranium reserves, geological stability and vast abundance of suitable areas for nuclear waste disposal without risk to communities or ecosystems. These unique features will reduce the impact that radioactive waste has on the environment. Burning coal is a major source of harmful air pollution which undermines human health, unlike nuclear power.. Technological improvements have enabled small and large-scale reactors to produce a fraction of the waste it once did and lifting the moratoriums in Australia and in NSW state which pertain to nuclear power generation is an important first step in enabling future innovations in this space.

As the home of the world’s largest uranium reserves and suppliers of uranium internationally, nuclear power investment offers unrivaled economic potential in Australia. The reliability of nuclear energy could put an end to the power emergencies that afflict Australians. New South Wales (NSW) has experienced numerous blackouts which have impacted jobs, livelihoods, businesses and households. These have and will only increase as our coal-fired power stations retire, forcing us to rely increasingly on expensive natural gas which has driven up our electricity bills. With the closure of the Liddell Power Station in 2022, NSW faces an even higher risk of blackouts. Nuclear energy guarantees a reliable and dispatchable baseload power throughout the State that is necessary to firm up our electricity network especially in light of increased reliance on intermittent wind and solar energy. Legalising nuclear energy then can ensure that schools, businesses and hospitals can continue to function during power emergencies even as other baseload power sources decline in the distant future. As nuclear energy is the cheapest source of energy to generate on a per-unit basis even compared to coal, it could assist in the reindustrialisation of Australia by helping to reduce the disparity between us and comparable economies like the United States where power bills for homes and businesses are half or even a third of what we pay here. It will therefore not only provide countless quality jobs as its own standalone innovative industry, but will support jobs across the economy.

The economic benefits of legalised nuclear power transcend the production of cheap, clean energy. While the start-up costs for constructing and rendering a reactor operational may be high, it is both cost-effective and cheaper in the long-term and will pay for itself. Technological breakthroughs and innovation have already lowered the costs of building nuclear power reactors in the last fifty years. Only by removing state and federal moratoriums on nuclear energy, the only such moratoriums which exist among the top 25 advanced global economies, can we ensure that Australia is best placed to take advantage of these innovations for the sake of our national betterment.

Nuclear waste management is also a prosperous industry that could attract foreign investment. It could add a further 1.8 billion of value annually if all Australian uranium was processed domestically. These economic benefits will flow to regional communities helping to revitalise their economy and provide high-quality, well-paid jobs to its inhabitants. It is evident that nuclear energy will increase opportunities for growth.

Australia suffers from unstable electricity supply, an increasing reliance on renewable energy without sufficient baseload power, and is home to some of the highest electricity prices in the world. I believe nuclear energy will ensure the lights are kept on and the prices lowered in the long-term. I therefore urge you as your concerned constituent to support the lifting of moratoriums on nuclear power generation in Australia at both state and federal levels.

Yours sincerely,

Nuclear Power for Australia

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