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Recommended reading (by Kim Gillis):
It would also be prudent for the Commonwealth to include the Suffren Class submarine option in any evaluation of a future nuclear submarine capability. This is for the following reasons. It is the most modern Nuclear submarine in the world. It is at a size, crewing and capability that best fits the Australian requirements. It is the most cost effective nuclear submarine solution both for construction and sustainment and critically it utilises Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) as a source for power generation making it fully compliant with both the rules and intent of the IAEA and Australia’s commitments to support Nuclear non-proliferation. And finally and critically to the defence of Australia it is the only option that offers full sovereignty over the deployment of the asset. Neither of the US or UK options will provide a sovereign capability and we would be reliant on operational preapprovals from the US to operate and deploy our most important Defence assets.
Recommended reading (by Kim Gillis):
For anyone who would like more information on LEU vs HEU the best article that I have found is by George Moore titled “Life of Ship Reactors and accelerated Testing” Federation of American Scientist, March 2017.
Life-of-the-Ship Reactors and Accelerated Testing of Naval Propulsion Fuels and Reactors - Federation of American Scientists
This special report is a result of the FAS U.S.-French Naval Nuclear Task Force and is focused on the life-of-the-ship reactors and role of accelerated testing on naval propulsion fuels and reactors. The report is written by Dr. George Moore.
fas.org
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