Australia: more than just a uranium producer?

摘要

There is currently a significant move amongst nuclear fuel cycle participants towards vertical integration, in other words adding value by offering more than just, for example, uranium or enrichment supply. Ultimately, more companies will no doubt seek to offer complete fuel services. With the most extensive uranium deposits in the world, will Australia ever seek to convert or enrich mined production locally? Secondly, in the context of being one of the world's leading greenhouse gas emitters (per capita) and the need to replace much old coal-fired generation capacity, will power reactors ever become a realistic proposition in Australia?