Lucas Heights nuclear research facility, Sydney

https://veekeeris.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/uranium-production-by-country.pnghttp://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/aimr/images/aust-uranium-deposits.jpg

http://www.nrc.gov/images/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/nuclear-fuel-cycle-02.jpg

1. Uranium Mining

https://antinuclearinfo.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/in-situ-leaching.gif?w=540&h=435

2. Milling and Conversion

3. Uranium Enrichment

4. Fuel Fabrication

5. Reactor Burn

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qnh5BAiLTtE/Tun_goCaufI/AAAAAAAABHw/0b4j1zeoB7g/s1600/Nuclear+plant.png

6. Spent Fuel Storage

7. Reprocessing

http://www.jaea.go.jp/english/04/tokai-cycle/images/02/2_2.gif

8. Waste Disposal

1. Energy Generation and DistributionFrance 76.3%

Ukraine 56.5%

Slovakia 55.9%

Hungary 52.7%

Slovenia 38.0%

Belgium 37.5%

Armenia 34.5%

Sweden 34.3%

Finland 33.7%

Switzerland 33.5%

Czech Republic 32.5%

South Korea 31.7%

Bulgaria 31.3%

http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/World-Statistics

2. Cost

3. Greenhouse Gas Footprint

http://www.uncclearn.org/sites/default/files/inventory/ipcc15.pdf

4. Resource Feed Stocks

• Uranium.

• Thorium breeder reactors?

http://energyskeptic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Nuclear-Power-Plants-Uranium-production-EWG.bmp

5. Safety

6. Politics of Nuclear Energy

Conclusion