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Lucas Heights nuclear research facility, Sydney

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1. Uranium Mining

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2. Milling and Conversion

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3. Uranium Enrichment

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4. Fuel Fabrication

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5. Reactor Burn

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6. Spent Fuel Storage

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7. Reprocessing

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8. Waste Disposal

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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

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2. Cost

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3. Greenhouse Gas Footprint

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4. Resource Feed Stocks

• Uranium.

• Thorium breeder reactors?

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

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5. Safety

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6. Politics of Nuclear Energy

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Conclusion