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$1b uranium exports possible, says MP
The chairman of a parliamentary inquiry looking at the nation's uranium industry says Australia has the opportunity to double its uranium exports to $1 billion.

The Melbourne sitting of the House of Representatives Committee on Industry and Resources is hearing submissions from mining companies, conservation and industry groups.

Chairman Geoff Prosser says in an energy hungry world the attitude of the state governments to further uranium mining needs to be considered.

"It would seem a bit unusual that of course we've got mining in South Australia and the Territory when other states are not doing it," he said.

"I think that if the country has the view that we should export uranium, it would seem sensible that all states, if they wish to, participate in it."