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Originally Posted by Billyt
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Nuclear only not viable due to the startup cost, as the cost of all the red tape to get it over the line in this country would be greater than actually building & running the things.
Remember the nuclear accident in Japan was from secondary cooling failures, the reactors themselves survived the earthquake and tsunami intact.
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I would not advocate Uranium based nuclear.
Thorium based, has minimal hot waste (equivalent to the volume of a panadol tablet per anum), with a short half-life. The reaction also requires an external energy source to be sustained (like cars needing spark plugs) so even tsunami's are not a problem.
Conservatively Australia has enough Thorium ( if fact the worlds biggest reserves) to supply over 1000 years of base load power.
Talk about a gift-horse staring you in the face....