Alrighty, here's a couple of extracts from some sources:“Due to...

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    Alrighty, here's a couple of extracts from some sources:

    “Due to the cost, complexity, resource requirements, and tremendous problems that hang over nuclear power, our investment dollars would be more wisely placed elsewhere. Every dollar that goes into nuclear power is dollar that has been diverted from assisting the rapid uptake of a safe and scalable solution such as solar thermal.” Derek Abbott, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
    https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.html

    "Powering a one-gigawatt nuclear plant for a year can require mining 20,000-400,000 mt of ore, processing it into 27.6 mt of uranium fuel, and disposing of 27.6 mt of highly radioactive spent fuel, of which 90% (by volume) is low-level waste, 7% is intermediate-level waste, and 3% is high-level waste."
    https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/energy/nuclear-energy-factsheet#:~:text=Powering%20a%20one%2Dgigawatt%20nuclear,%25%20is%20high%2Dlevel%20waste.

    You also have to include water as a resource
    "Nuclear power plants consume 270-670 gallons of water/MWh, depending on operating efficiency and site conditions."
    https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/energy/nuclear-energy-factsheet#:~:text=Powering%20a%20one%2Dgigawatt%20nuclear,%25%20is%20high%2Dlevel%20waste.

    Nuclear is not a viable option in Oz
 
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