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    In the time it took me to write my reply - 7 people got in - seems they are all positive too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bacicat View Post
    Bring it on - I'm a big fan of Nuclear energy - we should have it here in Australia. We have most of the worlds Uranium deposits, a much more stable environment than most countries that use them, and if you build the right reactor - can't remember what they are called, but you can run them dry and they won't bolw up.

    Cheers - Gav

    Thorium based molten salt reactor system, see my previous post re China, Bob
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    Quote Originally Posted by jx2mad View Post
    Heard today that discussions on these are under way in Australia.
    Discussions on these have been underway since the 50s when it was agreed to build a nuclear power station at Jervis Bay - the foundations were even built and then it was knocked on the head. The foundations are now a carpark.

    Will not happen in Australia for a long time though it would be the best thing for the environment.

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    +1 for nukes

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    the government should announce that they are building one then sit back and watch the greens etc go for it hahahha

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    Quote Originally Posted by richard4u2 View Post
    the government should announce that they are building one then sit back and watch the greens etc go for it hahahha
    Not just the greens I can assure you, and all those brave citizens that want a nuclear plant in their backyard should save some room to store the waste, for say a few hundred thousand years, still got your hands up, Regards Frank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    Not just the greens I can assure you, and all those brave citizens that want a nuclear plant in their backyard should save some room to store the waste, for say a few hundred thousand years, still got your hands up, Regards Frank.
    Could always bury it in one of those huge coal pits that we won't be quite as reliant on...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    Not just the greens I can assure you, and all those brave citizens that want a nuclear plant in their backyard should save some room to store the waste, for say a few hundred thousand years, still got your hands up, Regards Frank.
    why in our backyard?

    we got a big country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    Thorium based molten salt reactor system, see my previous post re China, Bob
    Fascinating stuff...
    Thorium-based nuclear power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Australia has a fair bit of it as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bacicat View Post
    Bring it on - I'm a big fan of Nuclear energy - we should have it here in Australia. We have most of the worlds Uranium deposits, a much more stable environment than most countries that use them, and if you build the right reactor - can't remember what they are called, but you can run them dry and they won't bolw up. These types of reactors won't produce weapons grade waste, so they aren't seen in a very positive light by the countries that have Nuclear Weapons programs.

    And yes, I'd have on in my back yard. In fact if they ever decide to build one, I'd probably go looking for a job there....

    Cheers - Gav
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    Big fan myself too.
    My Brother In Law is a lot smarter than me ....He is a Nuclear Physicist...he has been involved in the field for 40+ years, and has worked in many Nuclear Establishments around the World. He says it is the best & safest method of power genaration....bar none.
    And yes, as another member has correctly said, the Japanese "failure" was nothing to do with anything "Nuclear"...it was simply that the machinery used for cooling was mounted (putting it simply) too low, & was overwhelmed by the Tsunami.
    Wouldn't worry me at all, where one was built.
    Cheers, Pickles.

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