25 Realising Australias uranium potential be created in South Australia W estern Australia and the Northern T erritory where uranium mining is currently permitted In addition to those direct employment opportunities an additional 800 to 5600 indirect jobs could be created At 195TGW the uranium jobs range from 2079 to 14691 in 2040 It is important to note that these are direct jobs in the industry not indirect jobs The number of indirect jobs could range from 1 100 to 7900 additional employment opportunities F urthermore it is very likely that in the case of the 450 Scenario occurring many of the fowon jobs associated with a nuclear industry would become economically viable in Australia Chart 4 Employment estimates in 2040 at 195TG W Employment 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Source Authors calculations 10 15 20 25 30 Low nuclear case Current policies New policies High nuclear case 450 scenario Given the curr ent location of Australias uranium r eserves many of these jobs will be cr eated in rural and r emote ar eas