The report highlights weaknesses in the Coalition nuclear plan. In particular, it reveals the idea of cheap, factory-built nuclear reactors is a mirage.

The report’s central conclusions – rejected by the Coalition – are relatively unsurprising. It found nuclear power would be far more expensive than the projected path of shifting to mostly renewable energy. And delivering nuclear generation before the mid-2040s will be extremely challenging.

  • Lysergid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    For non-Australian, can you explain me why it’s not economic option for Australia? Many other countries such as Korea, US, Pakistan and China seems to be happy with building nuclear. What’s special about Australia?

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago
      • No existing nuclear industry. We can’t just send the people who built our last nuclear power plant to build another one, we don’t have any of those people.
      • Massive amounts of space and tons of sun year-round for solar

      We do have a huge coal and gas industry looking to pay politicians to slow down the shift away from fossil fuels though, so the party that was trying to build new coal power plants last time they were in power is talking about nuclear while they’re in opposition. It isn’t about taking action, it’s about delaying renewables.