House debates Questions without Notice

Nuclear Waste Management: Submarines

Monday, 24 June 2024 House of Representatives

Richard Marles

Richard Marles Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence

2:59 pm

Actually, it doesn't burn any fuel, because burning is oxidisation, which is what happens in an internal combustion engine, which is exactly what happens when you use hydrocarbons. What this is is a nuclear reaction which gives rise to power. That is what happens inside the sealed nuclear reactor. The point is that the waste that will need to be disposed of—

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