Nuclear power no silver bullet for net zero target
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nuclear-power-no-silver-bullet-for-net-zero-target-20231229-p5eu7z.html DECEMBER 31, 2023
Thanks to Nick O’Malley and Mike Foley for their comprehensive review of the nuclear power “option” (“Net zero hero or big waste of time that we don’t have on our side?”, December 24). As they explain, nuclear power is too slow and too costly to help Australia meet its 2050 net zero target. As former chief scientist Alan Finkel said in June, “So when put together it’s not realistic, even if we wanted to, to have nuclear in Australia before about 2040, by which time I am quite confident we won’t need it.” The opposition is not strong on science but is better at art – the art of distraction. Ray Peck, Hawthorn
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