Mount Isa hosts nuclear power forum

Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter is promising a frank discussion around the possibilities of nuclear power production in outback Australia at a Mount Isa forum next month. The Mount Isa Nuclear Power Forum: “What if we went nuclear?” is set to include head of UQ’s Centre of Energy Futures Adjunct Professor Stephen Wilson as keynote speaker. Prof. Wilson is an energy economist and an engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in energy systems and markets of all kinds. Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter. Mr Katter, the Member for Traeger, said Queensland, and Australia’s, energy future was at the heart of the issues people were concerned about given its rising effect on cost of living, economic prosperity and national security. Billions of dollars’ worth of public monies were also being poured into renewables without willingness to consider other technology, which he said was bizarre. Mr Katter said the forum would include a panel of speakers followed by a Q & A session that would enable members of the public to have their voices heard and their questions answered. “Personally and as the Queensland Member for Traeger, I am heavily invested in this issue and am deeply intrigued as to why most politicians and policymakers continue to refuse to even consider the option of nuclear power production, namely small modular reactors, for our nation,” Mr Katter said. “I believe staging this discussion in the North West, which for more than a century has punched above its weight in terms of providing the critical commodities our nation and the world needs – including at a time, uranium – is a good fit. “Rural and regional peoples are too often forgotten by the elites and bureaucrats who are designing all of our futures, and I want to bring a platform to them. “Western Queensland, with our natural resources and now the CopperString transmission network being delivered, can provide the ideal mix of energy supply to all of Queensland and I believe the community wants to understand why we can’t so much as talk about nuclear. “We are arranging an exciting array of speakers who I believe have a lot add to any future discussion around our energy future from not just a local level, but also a national and global one.” The forum will be held on October 4, 10.30am-3.30pm at the John Middlin Centre, Mount Isa. (Register at: https://robkatter.com.au/mount-isa-nuclear-power-forum-what-if-we-went-nuclear/)

Mount Isa hosts nuclear power forum

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