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The renewable energy debacle in Germany means that it won’t axe its nuclear plants and is likely to start building more of them, like their French neighbours.

The French, of course, set the benchmark for generating clean, safe and reliable nuclear power; they’ve been doing so for nearly 60 years and still get over 75% of their electricity from their nuclear plants, and export large volumes of what they generate to power starved Germans and Brits.

Meanwhile, Australia sits as the only G20 Nation to not employ nuclear power. With the power pricing and supply catastrophe out in Europe, Australia’s legislated ban on nuclear power looks positively insane.

Australia holds the world’s largest uranium reserves and, despite its shifting policy of limiting the number of mines and states that have banned them, is the world’s third-largest uranium exporter. Happy to export it, but too dim to use it…