Ben Fordham believes Australia has a “challenge on its hands” over its fear of nuclear power.

Nuclear energy has been banned here since the late 90s and the industry was successfully shut down after a scare campaign from green activists.

“The rest of the world has no issue with nuclear power but in Australia, we’re stuck in the dark ages,” Ben said.

“We have some of the largest reserves of Uranium in the world but we’re too timid to touch it!”

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