In this short video we look at the key benefits of a nuclear energy based grid and its clear advantages compared to a total reliance on wind and solar
Here’s a list of nine key benefits and requirements for a nuclear powered grid in Australia
1. There are massive cost benefits by adding nuclear to the mix – Its about ½ the cost of a system based on wind and solar.
2. Nuclear brings vastly greater emissions reductions to the system – like about ¼ the emissions of wind and solar.
3. A nuclear based system uses 1/5th of the non-renewable resources of a full wind and solar grid.
4. We can make our future energy systems right here in Australia using our own people, uranium, steel and concrete with help along the way from our friends in Korea and Canada.
5. We can Re-industrialise around nuclear in our old manufacturing centres of Newcastle, Wollongong, Victoria and South Australia.
6. We must Significantly increase the investment in people required to re-industrialise Australia. Large increases in Commonwealth Scholarships to Engineering and Science students to cancel out HECS debt. Ditto to apprentices. The nation should pay to educate its people. HECs and Apprentice costs are a dead weight on economic growth.
7. There are massive environmental benefits of using nuclear by not destroying forests and agricultural lands. By not destroying the visual amenity of our regions. By using an energy resource that has the lowest environmental impact of any energy system
8. A nuclear based system does not need deep storage systems like SNH 2.0 and Borumba which are hugely expensive and must be scrapped – $18 billion each
9. The speed of a nuclear roll out – In France, Ontario and Sweden it has shown to be the fastest way to install a zero carbon energy system.
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