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Nuclear power doesn’t depend on the weather, and it doesn’t depend upon the whims of despots and cartels. Uranium, the highly-concentrated energy source at its heart, is abundant and readily extracted. All it takes is the wit and the will to do so.

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 ourselves, thanks to a 25-year-old ban on the use of nuclear power.

On the other hand, the USA has been using it for generations, but has dropped the ball when it comes to extracting and profiting from its own extensive reserves.

As Robert Bryce outlines below, if America wants to make good on its declaration of energy independence, it needs to start by exploiting its…