"You are being conned" nuclear DOES lower power bills | Dr Adi Paterson

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Dr Adi Paterson is the past chairman of the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney Australia, which produces nuclear medicines, and has been doing so cleanly and successfully since 1958. It’s not correct to say that Australia has no nuclear; it’s just that it has no nuclear that produces electricity. 

The ABC Radio had a talkback on Nuclear for Australia, given the announcement of an Opposition (Liberal-National Party) policy to encourage the building of nuclear power stations in Australia. 

Australia is the only developed nation in the world that has a Federal level BAN on the building of nuclear  power stations. It was done in the deep of night, when they had to get a Bill through the next day’s parliament, and slipped in the ban on nuclear pretty much without anyone noticing. But it’s there, and is now used by the anti-nuclear folks to say that’s one of the reasons Australia can’t have nuclear. 

But now, at least, it’s the opposition policy. 

And so, the debate on ABC radio yesterday. Where they ran an online poll, by Text, which had 80% of Canberra’s saying NO to nuclear. That’s against the numbers in other polls showing 55% to 70% supporting development of nuclear power. Here. 

I sent a text, which they read out in its entirety: 

I live in Hong Kong and we have nuclear on our doorstep - Daya Bay c. 30 km as the crow flies. I've visited the station and sailed past it many times. Google it: it's good looking ! And caused zero angst here in Hong Kong while we get about a third of our electricity from it. 

I've no idea why the U.K nuclear station is going to cost so much but certainly across Asia they're nowhere near that cost. Nor in Canada or France. 

32 countries are planning nuclear plants. 400+ plants already in operation. Very safely and cleanly. 

It's beyond me why Australia should not able to have nuclear. 

Given we're a major uranium exporter. And have already one in operation at Lucas 

Peter Forsythe

Hong Kong.

Points from Adi Paterson: 

• Nuclear is cheap to the consumer, once you have it operational
• Wind and Solar need the creation of twice the amount of the current grid. This is hugely expensive and hugely complex. But is not taken into account in the costing of Renewable Energies. 
• There is no major developed economy that is powered only by Renewables. 
• Nuclear is the best option for reliable, sustained, clean and safe base power. 
• Waste from nuclear power stations is easily handled and is being handled by the current fleet of 400+ nuclear power stations in the world.