China plans to build the world's first-ever nuclear power station using molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium as a fuel source — revealed in a since-deleted report posted on the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics website.
Why corporate Australia won't touch nuclear power
The argument for re-examining the merits of nuclear power in Australia has been countered with concerns about the high cost of building the plants. But the rising price of uranium is another issue — and Australia's place as a major supplier doesn't guarantee cheap power, writes Ian Verrender.
Should WA's uranium be used to help the world go nuclear, or is it too risky?
WA Liberals say they will legalise uranium mining, overturning a ban, if they win the 2025 election. Supporters of the ban say it's a dangerous commodity that should be left in the ground.
Like Peter Dutton, John Gorton once had a nuclear plan. It didn't end well
If history had taken a different turn, Australia might now not be debating nuclear power but have had it up and running for decades, writes Michelle Grattan.
Photo shows Two nuclear power buildings in the night.Uranium mine near Broken Hill on schedule to reopen at end of 2023
A South Australian uranium mine is on schedule to reopen for the first time in 10 years, but its owners are watching for potential impacts from a reduction in Rex Airlines' regional flights.
Photo shows An aerial view of a mine in remote Australia.Uranium miner ERA hopes to raise $369 million to fund Ranger mine rehabilitation
Mining company ERA is hoping to raise $369 million to continue funding the rehabilitation of a uranium mine in Kakadu National Park.
Mining company ERA allowed to dip into security bond to fund clean-up of uranium mine in Kakadu National Park
Cash-strapped miner Energy Resources of Australia says the federal government has agreed to release almost $60 million from the security bond meant to ensure the mine site is rehabilitated.
It's a popular tourist attraction in northern Australia. Could uranium mining return to its doorstep?
Mining company URO has lodged an application to explore for uranium, lithium, rare earths and precious metals on the border of Litchfield National Park, concerning some residents and tourism operators.
Photo shows A photo from above of two waterfalls with flowing water.Traditional owners 'appalled' by new Jabiluka uranium mine suggestion
An independent report commissioned by ERA suggests that the company could pay for the rehabilitation of one mine site by establishing another.
Photo shows Mirarr Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Maragarula on Mirarr Country at the Ranger uranium mine.Production to recommence at Honeymoon uranium mine in outback South Australia
Uranium production will resume by the end of next year at the Honeymoon uranium mine in north-east South Australia, the owner says.
Photo shows An aerial view of a mine in remote Australia.Uranium miner still committed to Goldfields project, despite official knockback and Indigenous opposition
Canada-based Cameco Corporation says it is still wants to mine uranium in WA, despite its environmental approval lapsing, and decades of opposition from traditional owners and conservationists.
Photo shows A woman lit in orange sunset light looks pensively out over the land.Former Rio Tinto executive in Juukan Gorge destruction named likely leader of WA's first uranium mine
Chris Salisbury was one of three senior executives who stepped down after the destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred site at Juukan Gorge. He has been named as the proposed chair of a $658m merger with the company developing WA's first uranium mine.
Photo shows Mulga Rock uranium depositWA's uranium future in doubt as key deadline passes
A five-year window to demonstrate "substantial commencement" at three out of four uranium projects has elapsed, meaning just one project now has approval to proceed.
Photo shows Test open pit for uranium exploration in WA goldfields regionUranium miner says it has beaten government deadline
The company developing Western Australia's first uranium mine in the Goldfields says it has beaten a looming closing date set by the state government to begin operations.
Photo shows A drone image above a proposed mining project in the outback.Tanker headed for uranium mine leaks thousands of litres of acid
A manufacturing fault is likely to blame for the leakage of 4,500 litres of sulphuric acid from a tanker truck as it made its way from Port Pirie north towards the Beverley uranium mine.
Bores shut down as uranium detected in outback town's water
A town in north-west Queensland has had four of its five bores shut down after unacceptable levels of uranium were found in the water.
Photo shows Water pours out of a tap into someone's hand in a desert community.Profit, power and produce at stake as an ambitious China looks to Greenland
Greenlanders are weighing up the delicate balance of economic growth, foreign influence and their environment as an election campaign largely centred on a Chinese-backed rare earth mine ramps up.
Photo shows Colourful houses sit close near the ocean. Ice and water in the foreground.Secret emails reveal mine plan for 'Australia's largest untouched deposit of uranium' approved before 2019 election
Secret documents accessed by the ABC show a massive uranium mine planned for a remote part of WA — which experts say will cause the extinction of a species — was approved just days before the 2019 election after relentless pressure from the foreign mining company.
Photo shows An aboriginal woman a sign saying Yeelirrie and a bug.'Woefully inadequate': Indigenous group demands extension to Kakadu mine clean-up
An Aboriginal corporation in Kakadu National Park calls for the rehabilitation timeline for a newly decommissioned uranium mine near Jabiru to be extended by more than a quarter of a century.
On the eve of an exodus from Jabiru, those staying behind face an uncertain future
The town of Jabiru is just a few short weeks from reaching the defining crossroads of its 40-year existence — but authorities and residents say it is still worlds away from being ready for change, and some locals are leaving town forever.
Photo shows Sign for Jabiru at town's outskirts.Why are cancer rates in this part of Kakadu almost double other parts of the NT?
In the Kakadu region surrounding the Ranger Uranium Mine, cancer rates are almost double that of other Aboriginal populations in the NT. A six-year investigation found no link to radiation from the mine, so what's causing it?