The Australian Nuclear Association Inc (ANA) promotes the use of nuclear science and technology in Australia.
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โ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ"
In this clip, ANA member Vahishta Bhasin, explains how nuclear waste is managed, stored, and handled in Australia.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด?
Vahista dives into how images of three-eyed fish and other cartoons shape our fears about nuclear waste, even though the reality is much safer and well-managed.
Our survey of those with an actual background in nuclear science and technology shows that expert perspective is important for building a social license in Australia.
In 2025, the ANA surveyed its members, who are highly experienced nuclear professionals, to gauge ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ on nuclear energy deployment in Australia.
Here are some key themes that emerged from the open comment survey responses:
Hasliza Omar explains how countries with less nuclear experience than Australia ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ!
Our survey of those with an actual background in nuclear science and technology shows that experts see multiple role models for Australiaโs nuclear deployment journey.
Canada (32%), France (22%), and South Korea (23%) stand out as leading examples to follow.
Nuclear investments pay off beyond the reactor itself, like how ITER boosted HTS magnet production.
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด.
This is supported by the fact that Australia is ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ to encompass a naval nuclear propulsion program, so adding a framework for electricity from nuclear power would in our capabilities.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
Nuclear also:
- Reduces the cost of backup generators
- Lowers auxiliary service expenses
- Minimises the opportunity cost of blackouts that hurt business and households
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ-๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ"
Australia can safely and effectively manage its nuclear waste, as it already does.
Our survey of those with an actual background in nuclear science and technology showed high support for SMRs, but openness to other reactor types.
With our small operating research reactor and plans for submarines, it seems like small has had a good head-start here.
Our survey of those with an actual background in nuclear science and technology shows that being informed on the topic strengthens your confidence in Australian capabilities
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐.
Nations to follow: ๐จ๐ฆ Canada, ๐ซ๐ท France, and ๐ฐ๐ทSouth Korea
Our 2025 survey of professionals with an actual background in nuclear science and technology shows that those who are informed on the topic have different expectations than those who are not.
In the Australian Nuclear Association member survey, highly experienced nuclear professionals were asked about the cost of nuclear energy compared to other clean energy sources in the Australian energy mix...
Find the full survey here nuclearaustralia.org.au/infoโฆ
In 2025, we surveyed our members, who are highly experienced nuclear professionals, to gauge expert opinion on nuclear energy deployment in Australia.
The results highlight that the main barriers are political and cultural, not technical or economic
Question: Is there a point in removing the ban on nuclear energy if itโs too expensive for us anyway?
Answer: Cost is not a reason to ban nuclear
nuclearaustralia.org.au/quesโฆ
MEDIA RELEASE: What do ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ด think?
We surveyed informed professionals because too often, decisions are being shaped by commentary instead of competence.
See the striking results here
nuclearaustralia.org.au/infoโฆ
More information about nuclear in Australia and our capabilities to handle waste here nuclearaustralia.org.au/nuclโฆ