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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Quinn in London

US energy secretary says Australia should ‘get in the game of supplying uranium’

Chris Wright
US energy secretary Chris Wright has told a conference in London the aim of reaching net zero by 2050 is a ‘sinister goal’. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, has said he “would love to see Australia get in the game of supplying uranium and maybe going down the nuclear road themselves”.

Australia is already the world’s fourth-largest producer of uranium, but nuclear power remains banned at national level.

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