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Chernobyl has more to do with that IMO. (And he's talking about a different country - Australia has one reactor that is uses for scientific purposes

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Dec 8 '09, 11:50

It is due to close soon, and even building a new one is controversial down there)

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- Coal is cheap and abundant. People aren't used to nuclear power, so they don't understand it. - Roger More Dec 8, 11:59 2
  - that's exactly it, really. and not so much willing to listen. - mafic Dec 8, 12:02 1
    - Heh - I don't take it personally, especially (and if I did I wouldn't be able to riff on Canada) -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 12:09
the prospect of even exploring for uranium is controversial. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 11:51 3
- That's because it gets sold to nasty countries, like France. Remember the Rainbow Warrior! -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 11:53 2
  - heh. what's odd is that australia's actually the second largest producer of uranium in the world. - mafic Dec 8, 11:57 1
    - Australia's just like Canada - we like to believe we only do nice things -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 12:01

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