ABC (Australia): Government upbeat about uranium industry
Government upbeat about uranium industry ABC Rural By Babs McHugh 22 July 2013
The Federal Government sees a bright future for Australia’s uranium industry, despite an independent report that shows a decline in global nuclear power production.
That is being attributed to a greater use of renewable energy sources and concerns about nuclear energy after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report says it’s dropped from 17 per cent of world energy in 1993 down to 10 per cent today.
That is being attributed to a greater use of renewable energy sources and concerns about nuclear energy after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, March 2011
It’s also found that global use of nuclear as a primary energy source is down 4.5 per cent, the lowest level since 1984.
But Resources Minister Gary Gray has shrugged off the figures and says new nuclear reactors in China and India, and the restarting of reactors in Japan, will drive growth in uranium mining in Australia.