▁and ▁re venue ▁generation ▁for ▁South ▁Australia ▁through ▁expanded ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁nuclear ▁value ▁chain ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁He ard ' s ▁discussion ▁paper ▁was ▁submitted ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Econom ic ▁Development ▁Board ' s ▁formal ▁submission ▁to ▁the ▁N uc lear ▁F uel ▁Cy cle ▁Royal ▁Commission . ▁He ard ▁and ▁Brook ▁public ly ▁supported ▁the ▁comm enc ement ▁of ▁the ▁N uc lear ▁F uel ▁Cy cle ▁Royal ▁Commission ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁and ▁He ard ▁subsequently ▁supported ▁Liberal ▁party ▁sen ator ▁Se an ▁Edwards ' ▁vision ▁for ▁a ▁nuclear ▁South ▁Australia , ▁describing ▁it ▁to ▁The ▁Ad vert iser ▁as ▁" ent ire ly ▁cred ible ". ▁He ard ▁further ▁end ors ed ▁Edwards ' ▁vision ▁by ▁repub lish ing ▁his ▁speech ▁delivered ▁on ▁April ▁ 7 ▁to ▁The ▁Sydney ▁Institute ▁on ▁his ▁blog , ▁Dec ar bon ise ▁SA . ▁ ▁He ard ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁United ▁U ran ium ▁Sch olar ship ▁from ▁the ▁Australian ▁N uc lear ▁Science ▁& ▁Technology ▁Organisation ▁( AN ST O ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁That ▁December , ▁He ard ▁wrote :" I ▁want ▁to ▁make ▁South ▁Australia ▁the ▁nuclear ▁rec y cling ▁hub ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century . ▁I ▁support ▁the ▁vision ▁of ▁Senator ▁Edwards ▁who ▁wants ▁high - tech ▁jobs ▁for ▁South ▁Austral ians ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁hundred ▁years ▁and ▁beyond ." In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁He ard ▁launched