nuclear in Australia

The debate over whether Australia should embrace nuclear continues.

‘I don’t have any doubt that Australians will be able to manage this technology and get along with it quickly because we don’t start from scratch,’ Ramsey said.

‘Nuclear in many ways is the inverse of renewables,’ Aidan Morrison said.

The Liberal-National Coalition is pitching the move as an alternative push towards net zero, in contrast to the Labor government’s renewables-only push.

Australia has the most uranium reserves in the world followed by Kazakhstan and Canada.

Canada’s centre-left Liberal innovation minister says the country is ready to sell nuclear technology to Australia as part of the centre-right opposition’s plan

The former NSW treasurer ‘understands the folly that walking away from the renewables transition represents for our nation,’ Mr. Albanese said.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says it’s the speed and effectiveness of renewables that has prompted the Coalition to put forth an alternative.

‘Australia is not known for its huge tsunamis. It is geologically stable, in most respects,’ Associate Professor Tony Hooker said.

Mayor Kathy Duff is concerned about the footprint large renewable energy developments require.