The latest survey has shown a slim majority of Australians now support nuclear power generation. There is an argument for small flexible generators for base load power with Australia having one of the biggest deposits of Uranium in the world. More Australians are wanting action on CO2 and this may account for a rise in acceptance despit Australia's overall contribution to CO2 being negligible in regard to the big emitters. Australians see the need to at least be in step with the big polluters which are China, USA E.U. India and Russia, the five big polluters contribute around 65% of all global Co2 emmissions.
The initial cost of construction and decomissioning as well as waste storage need to be factored in to the overall cost of generation.
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