Antinuclear

Nuclear power dead in the water, no chance in Australia

Nuclear,again, John Quiggin, 8 Oct 10, “……. Except in China (and maybe India) nuclear power isn’t getting bigger any time soon. Following the failure of Obama’s energy bill and the GFC, the US “nuclear renaissance” is dead in the water, and the same is true in Europe.

While residual anti-nuclear sentiment plays a role here, the big problem is economics.  The only plausible path to an Australian nuclear power industry involves the use of modern plant designs and regulatory systems with a proven track record in the US and/or Europe and Japan…. that path won’t open up any time soon.

So, for the foreseeable future, nuclear isn’t an option for Australia, and there is little or nothing we can, or should, do about it. When there, are, say 50 new plants in the developed world with 5-10 years of operating history behind them, it would make sense for us to take another look. On the most optimistic possible projections, that might happen sometime after 2030….”

October 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium