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We believe it is only natural that a technologically sophisticated country like Australia should seek to make use of nuclear energy as it attempts to address its energy, environmental and economic challenges. 

The world will need significantly increased energy supply in the next 30 years, especially cleanly-generated electricity. Electricity demand is increasing much more rapidly than overall energy use.

Nuclear reactors are, fundamentally, large kettles, which are used to heat water to produce enormous amounts of low-carbon electricity. They come in different sizes and shapes, and can be powered by a variety of different fuels. 

In 2012 the World Nuclear Association released a video where radiation experts from UNSCEAR, ICRP and the Chernobyl Tissue Bank discuss the effects of radiation from a nuclear accident.

With Australia moving to decarbonise, it is time to seriously consider a role for advanced nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), says MCA.

Trade in nuclear fuel materials and services takes place between producers and consumers spread across a range of countries worldwide. To carry out such trade efficiently often requires that quantities of nuclear materials are exchanged, or ‘swapped’. 

Nuclear fuel has a diverse supply chain and can be stored onsite

Brazil has one nuclear power plant at Angra, 200km west of Rio de Janeiro.

There are about 440 commercial nuclear power reactors operable in 31 countries, with about 390 GWe of total capacity. About 60 more reactors are under construction. Over 50 countries operate a total of about 220 research reactors and a further 180 nuclear reactors power aroun...