The debate over nuclear energy in Australia has intensified, with the Coalition pushing for its adoption despite criticism. Former ALP adviser Sean Kelly described the Coalition’s nuclear ambitions as a 'fantasy policy' aimed at garnering electoral support by opposing renewable projects. Shadow energy minister Ted O’Brien has requested the CSIRO to re-run its cost modelling for nuclear power following a report that estimated large-scale nuclear reactors would cost at least $8.6 billion each and take about 15 years to build. Proponents, including Patrick White and Erik Cothron, argue that nuclear power could enhance energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon reduction, while critics view it as a dangerous distraction.
Electrical engineer Ben Beattie discusses the Coalition’s plans to explore nuclear power. https://t.co/HrbFlm8hoC
Shadow energy minister Ted O’Brien has requested the CSIRO re-run its costs modelling for nuclear power after a scathing report forecasted large-scale nuclear reactors would cost at least $8.6 billion each and take about 15 years to build. https://t.co/eCwDzvfkU0
Nuclear power could be a game-changer for energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon reduction. However, it's been stifled for decades based on one deeply flawed scientific model. https://t.co/EOS8acs9EV
Reader voices: Energy demand calls for nuclear power https://t.co/J3oxB8eSWk
The pathway to a clean energy future relies on a robust, domestic commercial uranium fuel supply chain to power current and future nuclear reactors, write Patrick White and Erik Cothron. https://t.co/HOMIV3Wy0I
The Coalition’s nuclear ambitions are a “fantasy policy…it’s not a real thing,” says former ALP adviser Sean Kelly. Its chief purpose he says is to let Peter Dutton go to an election feeding opposition in the bush to renewable projects. #insiders https://t.co/7AutWWdafz
Nuclear energy in Australia is a daft and dangerous distraction, pushed by a Coalition that hasn’t managed a serious energy policy in more than a decade. #auspol https://t.co/ngvVWj7YT1 https://t.co/Ad9PrA4HZo