Nuclear-powered electricity production is currently prohibited in Australia and several Australian states, and there has been several reviews and inquiries to consider the removal of some of these prohibitions as well as the feasibility of nuclear energy in Australia. This guide describes, in chronological order, the major government inquiries and reviews into nuclear energy that have occurred at the federal and state levels over the last twenty years. 

The reviews covered include:

• 2005–06 Parliamentary inquiry into developing Australia’s non-fossil fuel energy industry.
• 2006 Prime ministerial uranium mining, processing and nuclear energy review (Switkowski Review).
• 2015–16 South Australia Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission.
• 2019 Parliamentary inquiry into the prerequisites for nuclear energy in Australia.
• 2019–20 New South Wales inquiry into the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2019.
• 2019–20 Victoria inquiry into nuclear prohibition.
• 2022–23 Parliamentary inquiry into the Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2022.