AUSTRALIA must consider nuclear power if it is to have a clean energy future, a visiting international expert believes. Even with the carbon tax, Oxford University Prof Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith said the controversial electricity source was necessary to move away from environmentally damaging fossil fuels. Prof Llewellyn-Smith, in Melbourne for the All-Energy Australia conference, said only “irrational fears” were preventing Australia from exploiting its vast uranium resources. “Nuclear, of course, is dangerous and has to be …
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