United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a plan to build new nuclear reactors, saying nuclear energy must play a key role in cutting carbon pollution and reducing the US's dependence on foreign oil.

Rudd said Australia would not adopt a similar strategy.

"Our policy is that Australia has multiple other energy sources and we will not be heading in the direction of civil nuclear power," Rudd told reporters in Canberra.

Australia, a major exporter of coal, was developing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to trap the greenhouse emissions produced from burning coal so they do not pollute the atmosphere, he said.

Rudd said coal would still be a major player in global energy production decades from now and as such reducing greenhouse gas emissions produced by coal-fired power stations was an important goal.

"The reason why this government is in there with its sleeves rolled up on CCS is because doing it properly is not just important for our country, but frankly, China and India," he said.

Australia hopes to have two or three carbon capture and storage projects at scale within a decade, he said.

Australia boasts the world's largest reserves of uranium, which is used as nuclear fuel, but has no nuclear power industry and only operates three yellowcake mines.

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