In our submission to the Inquiry into the Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions Bill 2022, MAPW recommends:
- The existing legal prohibitions against nuclear power for Australia should remain.
- Australia should not acquire naval nuclear reactors, and legislated prohibitions on nuclear energy should not be compromised to allow for the acquisition of naval nuclear reactors. Their proposed acquisition should be separately and publicly scrutinised with regard to the Nuclear Energy Prohibitions Bill, and to longstanding public opposition to nuclear energy.
- Australia must sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.