Welcome

Welcome to the home page of  the official website of Nucleus 92 Incorporated. Nucleus 92 Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 of the Australian Capital Territory.

The purpose of Nucleus 92 Inc. is to promote the widespread adoption and use of nuclear fission as the primary source of sustainable electrical and thermal power generation in Australia and  throughout the world.

About this site

This website is intended to  provide information on nuclear power tailored to a general non-professional audience, and to provide details of Nucleus 92 Inc., such as our objectives, how to join, how to donate and so forth. It is not intended to provide highly technical information on nuclear power topics to scientist, engineers, economists and related professionals. For people interested in delving further  into the technicalities of each subject, links to appropriate sites are provided in the relevant sections.

Quick Facts about Nuclear Power

Environmentally friendly

Nuclear power has the lowest level impact on the environment of any major power source, from mining, through plant operation  and on to waste disposal. More than any of the alternatives, nuclear power  fulfils the environmental injunction to "Tread lightly upon the Earth".

Safe

Nuclear power has the best safety record of any major power source, even when the statistics for the Three  Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents are included.

Reliable

The capacity factor (the percentage of time the plants are running at full capacity) are now typically  above 90%. This is much better than any of its rivals. Standard operating lifetime for nuclear power plants is now held to be sixty years, and will probably become longer as experience is gained in maintenance and refits for older plants.

Clean

Nuclear power plants produce no particulate pollution, no greenhouse gases, no problematic sludge ponds, no noxious fumes, no acid rain, and no increase in background radiation.

Sustainable

There is enough nuclear fuel naturally available in the Earth's crust to supply power from breeder reactors vastly in excess of our current needs for hundreds of millions of years, or to supply our current level of all forms of power consumption for billions of  years.

Affordable

Nuclear power is much cheaper than any non-hydro renewable power source, already rivals the price range of standard baseload and peak power  generation from coal and gas, and has the potential with reformed regulatory  frameworks and advancing technology to become the cheapest power source of any  kind.