South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has announced his government will conduct a Royal Commission into establishing a nuclear industry in the state.
The state is home to one of the largest uranium deposits in the world, accounting for almost a third of known global deposits.
But it has no nuclear power plants of its own.
A national environmental group says there's little prospect for South Australia to expand its involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle.
Doctor Jim Green from Friends of the Earth spoke to Zara Zaher.
(Click on the audio tab above to hear the full interview)
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