Antinuclear

Latest nuclear news 9th to 16 July

Headlines this week

• Experts argue for an Australian ban on nuclear weapons ahead of UN Summit
• Nuclear energy a ‘job killer’ for the Hunter Valley, senator declares
• Renewables v nuclear: the facts point to one clear winner
• No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your rooftop solar.
• South Australia’s renewable triumph is stunning proof that Dutton’s nuclear plans are a folly
• Peter Dutton’s nuclear proliferation claims. What’s the scam?
• The Sun has won”: exponentially growing solar destroys nuclear, fossil fuels on price.
• South Australia locks in federal funds to become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net wind and solar. 
• Don’t make my home a nuclear power hub– nuclear reactors in Latrobe Valley unsafe and unrealistic
•  Aboriginal supporter of right-wing racism, Warren Mundine’s interests in mining uranium -not doing too well.
• No to nuclear in the Latrobe Valley. 
• Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
• No room for nuclear: AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest supplier of AGL baseload power, says flexibility is key as it plans to dump coal for renewables in a decade. 
• Dutton’s claim that Australia is the only G20 nation not using nuclear power is misleading. 
• CSIRO brings science, not politics, to electricity cost debate. Don’t let Dutton nuclear waste our taxes. 
• Squadron Energy says innovation needed to overcome jump in wind costs, but nuclear not the answer.
• Book – “Nuked” on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Labor for years. 
• Gas before nuclear ‘thought bubble’ as coal reign ends. Australia’s dark, twisted nuclear fantasy. 
• How would a switch to nuclear affect electricity prices? 
• The dirty history of ‘Nukey Poo’, the reactor that soiled the Antarctic. ….

July 9, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized