Australia's nuclear skills 'need to ramp up' following AUKUS announcement, the Australian Academy of Science said.

Steve Evans
March 15 2023 - 5:30am
Professor Andrew Stuchbery with the Space Beam Line vacuum chamber at the ANU. There is a shortage of nuclear scientists in Australia. Picture by James Croucher
Professor Andrew Stuchbery with the Space Beam Line vacuum chamber at the ANU. There is a shortage of nuclear scientists in Australia. Picture by James Croucher

Thousands of very highly skilled people will be needed to keep Australia's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines seaworthy and effective, according to experts in nuclear technology.

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

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Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

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