Ben Heard & Dr Peter Karamoskos debate: Nuclear Australia?
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Channel: gordonmcdowell · 2014 · Science & Technology
http://youtu.be/IzbI0UPwQHg ..better coverage of Australian nuclear power (and mining of uranium). Airing on 2014-12-06, Ben Heard lays out arguments for nuclear. This was aired shortly after Prime Minister Tony Abbott voiced support for nuclear power. Mr Abbott's deputy Liberal leader, the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, has said nuclear should be part of a debate about Australia's energy options. "It's an obvious conclusion that if you want to bring down your greenhouse gas emissions dramatically you have to embrace a form of low or zero-emissions energy and that's nuclear, the only known 24/7 baseload power supply with zero emissions," Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media.
