Everything about Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant totally explained
Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed
nuclear power reactor in the
Jervis Bay Territory on the south coast of
New South Wales. It would have been
Australia's first nuclear power plant, and was the only proposal to have received serious consideration
as of 2007. Some environmental studies and site works were completed, and two rounds of tenders were called and evaluated, but the Australian government decided not to proceed with the project.
Background to the project
In 1969 the Australian government proposed to the New South Wales government that a 500
MWe nuclear power station should be built on Commonwealth territory and connected to the New South Wales grid, electricity generation and distribution being a state responsibility under the Australian constitution. Possible sites were the
Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay. The plan, supported by the
Australian Atomic Energy Commission, was for a design of reactor that could generate weapons-grade plutonium, possibly reflecting Australia's long-term post-
World War II interest in acquiring nuclear weapons.
In December 1969 invitations to express interest in the construction of a nuclear power plant at Jervis Bay were sent to fourteen organisations. Tender documents were issued the following February, with tenders closing the following June. Fourteen tenders were received from seven different organisations. About 70 staff were involved full time in evaluating tenders, principally from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and the NSW State Electricity Commission, and more than 150 others had a significant part-time role. As a result, a recommendation was written for the acceptance of the tender to supply a 600 MWe
SGHWR, from the British organisation
The Nuclear Power Group.
The abandonment of the proposal
Before this recommendation was made, however, there was a change of prime minister (although not of government).
John Gorton had been a supporter of the project. However, he was replaced as Prime Minister by
William McMahon. McMahon opposed the nuclear power program, and the project was deferred for a year, citing financial constraints. Tenders were re-called, only to be again deferred and in practical terms cancelled in June 1971.
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