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In the lead-up to public hearings, a community organiser says ‘risky scheme’ is being pushed for region with no details or consultation

Rio Tinto plans to compulsorily acquire shares in Energy Resources of Australia and get on with rehabilitating the Ranger uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu.

Rowan Ramsey ‘amazed’ government starting selection process in 12 months, given 33-year life of Virginia-class reactor

Ansto chief says it may not be able to keep producing nuclear medicine if it runs out of waste storage space at its Lucas Heights facility

Opponents of proposed dump site at Kimba in South Australia say it would be safer to keep the waste where it mostly is

The resurrection of the push to tap into Jabiluka has pitted the Mirarr people and Rio Tinto against investors who trumpet uranium’s green credentials

Nuclear power in Australia would increase electricity costs, slow the transition to a low-carbon economy and introduce the potential for catastrophic accidents, a new Australian Conservation Council report says.

Australia's transition to net zero emissions is undoubtedly going to be complicated, but there is one idea thrown around by a number of federal MPs that is being met with plenty of pushback.

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.