Publications

Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Nuclear Country Notes

Australia

In November 2006 a draft report was issued by a government task-force set up to study the nuclear energy industry. The report was quoted as saying that 'nuclear power is the least-cost low-emission technology that can provide base-load power', and as predicting that Australia could have a nuclear power reactor in operation in as little as ten years - although 15 years would be more probable - and could potentially have up to 25 nuclear power reactors in operation by 2050, supplying one-third of the country's electricity.