14 Minerals Council of Australia supply is as globally competitive as possible state regulations need to allow uranium transportation to and through ports where it is safe to do so and where appropriate licensing for Class 7 Radioactive materials carriage can be economically obtained The nuclear power ban the legislative prohibition of nuclear power and potential fuel cycle industries operates to delegitimise uranium and its possible further use within Australia undermining investor confdence in Australias long term commitment to uranium mining The current regulatory framework is out dated It constrains the industrys potential to generate more economic activity and hence more jobs and export revenue and its potential to facilitate low emissions electricity generation for Australias trading partners Box 2 The impacts of F ukushima Despite this being the largest nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster by 2015 there had been no recorded loss of life due to radiation According to the United Nations Scientifc Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR emphasis added 38 No radiationrelated deaths or acute diseases have been observed among the workers and general public exposed to radiation from the accident 39 The doses to the general public both those incurred during the frst year and estimated for their lifetimes are generally low or very low No discernible increased incidence of radiationrelated health effects are expected among exposed members of the public or their descendants The most important health effect is on mental and social wellbeing related to the enormous impact of the earthquake tsunami and nuclear accident and the fear and stigma related to the perceived risk of exposure to ionizing radiation Effects such as depression and post traumatic stress symptoms have already been reported Estimation of the occurrence and severity of such health effects are outside the Committees remit United Nations Scientifc Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation Sources effects and risks of ionizing radiation UNSCEAR 2013 report 2014 In March 2011 a Japanese nuclear power plant at F ukushima experienced massive damage after an earthquake registering 9 on the Richter scale and subsequent tsunami