What If Australia Used Nuclear Power? Examples From The French Model

Key Point

• The French system of approving and monitoring nuclear plants and managing waste is a valuable model for Australia to consider if it adopts nuclear energy.

As a result of increasing energy demands, rising energy prices and the fact that nuclear energy delivers lower greenhouse gas emission energy than fossil fuels, there is a renewed interest in this resource. Governments in countries such as the UK, France, Japan, USA, Canada, China and India have all committed to expanding their domestic nuclear power industries in the medium to long term, as part of a global response to climate change in an energy hungry world.