> I have no idea where you'd get that notion from, did Dutton hand wave that in during a press conference? No this is just my mind connecting vaguely related t

> I have no idea where you'd get that notion from, did Dutton hand wave that in during a press conference? No this is just my mind connecting vaguely related things together in an attempt to have some logical rationalisation behind the idea of civillian nuclear power plants. We are going to need trained operators for the subs, so having a comparable civillian industry might also have some synergies. > The "digging out" part isn't a great expense or challenge, maybe you might want to read up on processing requirements to isolate isotopes of uranium - raw yellowcake isn't a ready to rock and roll fuel. I know, just as with other things like rare earth minerals it's the processing that is toxic, expensive, and difficult. I guess I'm longing for Australia to do more than just (stereotypically) digging things out of the ground. If given the right incentives there could be an entire nuclear supply chain with good jobs and good safety providing relatively clean fuel to power the country and as export to select partners. The current plan does not do this to my knowledge so I don't really treat it seriously.