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Inquiry into developing Australia's non-fossil fuel energy industry

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On Monday, 4 December 2006, the Standing Committee on Industry and Resources tabled its report on the Inquiry into developing Australia's non-fossil fuel energy industry Australia's uranium: Greenhouse friendly fuel for an energy hungry world.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 12 chapters and 8 appendices.

Australia's uranium: Greenhouse friendly fuel for an energy hungry world

Preliminary pages (PDF 255KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations, List of Recommendations and Executive Summary

Chapter 1 (PDF 91KB)
Introduction

Chapter 2 (PDF 456KB)
Uranium: demand and supply

Chapter 3 (PDF 1660KB)
Australia's uranium resources, production and exploration

Chapter 4 (PDF 380KB)
Greenhouse gas emissions and nuclear power

Chapter 5 (PDF 359KB)
Radioactive waste

Chapter 6 (PDF 577KB)
The safety of the nuclear fuel cycle

Chapter 7 (PDF 299KB)
The global non-proliferation regime

Chapter 8 (PDF 279KB)
Australia's bilateral safeguards

Chapter 9 (PDF 180KB)
Strategic importance of Australia's uranium resources

Chapter 10 (PDF 317KB)
Uranium industry regulation and impacts on Aboriginal communities

Chapter 11 (PDF 277KB)
Impediments to the uranium industry's development

Chapter 12 (PDF 386KB)
Value adding: fuel cycle services industries, nuclear power, skills and training in Australia

Appendix A (PDF 62KB)
List of submissions

Appendix B (PDF 81KB)
List of exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 54KB)
Public hearings and witnesses

Appendix D (PDF82KB)
World nuclear power reactors

Appendix E (PDF 60KB)
Australia's uranium ore reserves and mineral resources

Appendix F (PDF 175KB)
Uranium deposits of the Northern Territory

Appendix G (PDF 34KB)
Management of radioactive waste

Appendix H (PDF 126KB)
World enrichment plants

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