Speaking a few days into her tenure as the new Nationals president, Mrs Hull said there was "a place for all forms of power generation" despite the negative connotations associated with nuclear power.

Mrs Hull said Australia produced "the cleanest coal you'll find in the universe" and that the industry shouldn't be shut down until other forms of electricity production are sufficiently able to power Australia.

"Anything that is detrimental to the environment should then be phased out, but when you've got something there that's reliable that's able to not only replace the energy, but give people opportunities in employment and not just put them out with nothing available," she said.

Mrs Hull said her vision for a modern National Party, which supports women to lead, embraces innovative technology and protects the environment, was not incompatible with coal mining.

She has also said she hopes to see more passionate, dedicated women represent the Nationals in parliament during her three-year presidential term.

"When you have a rural and regional remote area you've not got a safe seat because your communities know who you are. They're making it their business to find out if you're actually the real deal," she said.

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She backed current Riverina MP Michael McCormack's address to the National Party's annual conference on March 27 in which he said coal was "power generation of the future".

"Renewables will provide opportunities for employment, no doubt about it ... but at the moment, definitely, I support the Nationals position on coal that yes there is a requirement [for it]," Mrs Hull said.

Members of her party voted at the conference to support the construction of nuclear power stations "subject to approval under strict regulatory processes", and called on the federal government to remove any prohibitions against the construction of nuclear power stations from its legislation.

The Nationals Senate team have proposed amendments to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to allow it to invest in nuclear technology.

Supporters of the controversial technology say it is a reliable, cheap way to generate electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane.

Its opponents say nuclear power facilities will take too long to build and have raised concerns about the difficulty of storing potentially hazardous nuclear waste left behind during electricity production.