John Howard started something when he told Australia that it had the makings for becoming an energy superpower that should begin thinking about building new uranium mines and uranium enrichment facilities to go along with its existing coal mines and natural gas production systems. Here are some articles worth reading on the topic:

View from Australia: Uranium policy shift is roiling Australians by Raymond Bonner International Herald Tribune

For a view from the anti-nuclear establishment, you might want to read PM’s nuclear dreaming: enriching Australia? by Jim Green in the Green-Left Weekly

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