Nuclear option our safest bet

The Australian(Editorial) reports on nuclear energy and the nuclear program.

The article is quoted as saying:

So, why is it time for Australia to have the nuclear debate? And why is it, in the words of former prime minister Bob Hawke, “intellectually unsustainable to rule it out as a possibility”?

The answer is threefold. As a leading source of uranium, Australia has a competitive advantage; as a clean form of energy, nuclear power is better for the environment; and as the only advanced economy not embracing it as the answer, it is time we caught up.

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