Searching for the word uranium in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word uranium
- appears in 1.3% of speeches
 - appears 6391 times in 1382 speeches
 - was spoken on 360 sitting days by 147 different people
 - appears in speeches on 663 different topics
 
Top speakers:
- ANTHONY, Doug (546 uses)
 - UREN, Tom (513 uses)
 - KEATING, Paul (502 uses)
 - O’KEEFE, Frank (224 uses)
 - PRESIDENT, The (223 uses)
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Top days:
- 2 June 1977 (415 uses)
 - 7 September 1977 (388 uses)
 - 25 August 1977 (327 uses)
 - 3 May 1978 (300 uses)
 - 6 September 1977 (208 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNMENT POLICY ON NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS (415 uses)
 - ATOMIC ENERGY AMENDMENT BILL 1978: Second Reading (261 uses)
 - QUESTION: DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN URANIUM INDUSTRY (208 uses)
 - QUESTION: URANIUM-AUSTRALIA’S DECISION (178 uses)
 - QUESTION: URANIUM-AUSTRALIAN POLICY (166 uses)
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Associated words:
- uranium mining (686 appearances)
 - australian uranium (341 appearances)
 - ranger uranium (244 appearances)
 - uranium environmental (151 appearances)
 - uranium industry (135 appearances)
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Some of the disadvantages he lists are these: Firstly, higher unit cost to provide electricity, perhaps 10 per cent higher in some circumstances; secondly, possible reductions in cost of enriched uranium with the introduction of centrifuge enrichment could make this type of plant even less economic; thirdly, on stream replacement of fuel elements; fourthly, as with any reactor type to produce weapons grade plutonium it is extremely uneconomic in terms of the cost of electricity produced.
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-Our policy in relation to uranium mining in the Northern Territory was made very clear by a very long statement that I issued at a comprehensive Press conference immediately after the agreement was signed.
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The United States of America, Canada and Australia control over 80 per cent of the western world’s marketable uranium.
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The Government’s argument that the world desperately needs our uranium has been totally discredited by Herman Kahn, a natural, normal ally of this Government.
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The conference expressed its support for a motion that the mining of uranium go ahead as quickly as possible.