She’s beauty and she’s grace, she’s… touring Australia to promote nuclear energy.

As opposition leader Peter Dutton argues for building nuclear reactors to solve the country’s energy supply crisis and as the government embraces the AUKUS military alliance, former Miss America and nuclear engineer, 22-year-old Grace Stanke, has partnered with a pro-nuclear lobby group to try to garner support from women for nuclear power.

From January 29 - February 6, Stanke will embark on a speaking tour on the benefits of nuclear. She told the Herald Sun: “If you care about reliable energy and keeping the lights on, and you care about climate change and having emissions-free energy, let’s sit down and talk about how nuclear and renewables can work together to create a strong, resilient and clean energy grid.”

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Nuclear for Australia (NfA), which calls itself a “grassroots movement” is bankrolled by entrepreneur and adventurer Dick Smith. Along with his pro-nuclear stance, Smith also argues that population growth is responsible for the environmental crisis and slashing immigration and lowering population is the answer.

NfA is chaired by the former CEO of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), which operates Australia's OPAL nuclear research reactor at Lucas Heights in Sydney's southern outskirts. Its Expert Working Group is, unsurprisingly, full of nuclear industry figures, including energy consultants and nuclear........

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