Australian Mayor Says Yes to Nuclear Energy

Last week, we told you about a pair of professors who were backing new nuclear build in their hometown in Queensland. Now we're getting news of a local mayor who's openly backing new nuclear build as well:

MOUNT Isa Mayor Ron McCullough has backed the use of nuclear power, saying it could save the planet from the damage being done by burning coal.

He has also questioned the long-term future of energy alternatives such as gas being pushed by leaders in Townsville.

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McCullough said he was `100 per cent' behind uranium mining and the use of uranium in nuclear power stations.

He said he had taken the argument for nuclear power to the Labor Party at Mount Isa 10 to 15 years ago 'long before they were talking about uranium mining out here'.

"I would be happy to discuss (a nuclear power plant) with anybody who wants to put it here," he said, adding that could be an appropriate geologically sound site 50km or 100km from the city.

Meanwhile, the dispute between the federal government and Western Australia over that state's uranium mining ban is heating up.

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