No, we did not turn our back on the country, as world travelers we just chose to rest in a different one.
Being in Oz does not mean we no longer think of UK, some of us still take trips there.
But yes Oz does not use nuclear power, but not all are opposed to it.
Yes the Greens and the doom sayers are but they are in the minority.
More are now waking up to the concept of nuclear power.
WE sell uranium, we take back the waste and bury it in the outback, but we will within a few short years begin to use it.
Coal and gas we export to China, India and any one who wants it, we are not concerned as to who it is or how they use it.
It is an export and as such revenue for the country.