Nuclear should be option in future energy mix: new Minerals Council of Australia chair Helen Coonan

Newly-appointed Minerals Council chair Helen Coonan has become the latest business heavyweight to call for nuclear power to be considered as part of Australia's future energy mix. 

The former Howard government minister says the "nuclear option" should be on the table along with renewables as the resources industry edges away from fossil fuels in the coming decades. 

Ms Coonan has also defended the approval of the controversial Adani Carmichael mine and rejected a prediction that Adani's financial structure is "a corporate collapse waiting to happen". 

In her first broadcast interview as Minerals Council chair, Helen Coonan speaks with ABC's Peter Ryan.