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Coalition “in a panic” about response to confused and unpopular nuclear power plan
Like everything else associated with the Coalition’s nuclear policy, the plan to win over communities in coal regions has hit a snag.
Jim Green

Apr 8, 2024

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Peter Dutton’s nuclear push is a “suicide note” playing mostly to right wing echo chambers
Peter Dutton thinks the Coalition is on a winner by promoting nuclear power but unbiased opinion polls find that support for nuclear power in Australia falls well short of renewables.
Jim Green

Apr 3, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Cold turkeys: The demise of nuclear power in Australia’s AUKUS partner countries
Peter Dutton wants to pick your pockets to build nuclear reactors in Australia, and says they can be delivered in a decade. Based on the experience of the UK and US, that’s not true.
Jim Green

Mar 12, 2024

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Nuclear goes backwards, again, as wind and solar enjoy another year of record growth
Nuclear power went backwards last year despite the renaissance hype. Meanwhile, renewables enjoyed record growth and within two years both wind and solar will overtake nuclear.
Jim Green

Jan 21, 2024

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Ted O’Brien’s nuclear love-in at COP28 gets a brutal reality check
Release of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report provides a sobering reality check for an industry on life-support and a contrast to Ted O’Brien’s silliness at COP28 climate conference.
Jim Green

Dec 11, 2023

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Small modular nuclear reactors: a history of failure
Dozens of ‘small modular reactor’ designs are being promoted, but precious few will reach construction stage and likelihood of SMRs being built in large numbers is negligible.
Jim Green

Nov 28, 2023

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Senate inquiry nixes nukes. Here’s why
A Senate committee has rejected nuclear power for Australia. A dissenting report by Coalition Senators puts forward some spurious arguments in favour of SMRs.
Jim Green

Aug 15, 2023

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Coalition clown show on nuclear on full display in Senate inquiry
Coalition nuclear culture warriors attack the CSIRO in their latest clown show in front of a Senate inquiry.
Jim Green

May 17, 2023

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Is nuclear power in a global death spiral?
Amid turbocharged renewables growth, nuclear power remains stagnant – only an acceleration of China’s program will save it from a death spiral.
Jim Green

Mar 3, 2023

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Coalition nuclear power bill “dead on arrival,” but somehow the debate lives on
Australia’s atomic culture warriors are now focused on promoting ‘advanced’ nuclear power and small modular reactors. A new report debunks – yet again – the propaganda.
Jim Green

Oct 5, 2022

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Has the Coalition gone cold on nuclear power?
New Nationals leader David Littleproud is keeping up the party’s support for nuclear power in Australia, but is the debate dead in the political water?
Jim Green

Jun 1, 2022

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Nuclear facilities targeted in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military, but there have not been any significant radiation releases … yet.
Jim Green

Mar 11, 2022

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