Government Minister: Australia Needs to Consider Nuclear Energy

It looks like Australia is getting ready to take another step toward building commercial nuclear reactors. Here's a report from the nation's ABC Radio:

The Federal Education and Science Minister, Brendan Nelson, has broken from Liberal Party policy and advocated nuclear energy as a way to cut down on greenhouse polluting gases.

He says it's a long-term proposal based on the simple reasoning that if Australia mines uranium, the country should be able to generate power from it.

Dr Nelson branded people and groups against nuclear power as hysterics.

His newly publicised views have angered most environmentalists but are seen as an encouraging step by the uranium mining industry.

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