We know nuclear numbers
R Wood, Valley View, 14 April 26, https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/letter-to-the-editor
Regarding nuclear power, correspondent Bill Fisher is incorrect saying we can’t know about its cost, waste, reliability or public acceptance until we remove the prohibition on nuclear power (“Policy over ideology”, Letters, 10/4)
The prohibition was bipartisan and surveys repeatedly show Australians are wary of nuclear power.
We can easily gather data from other similar countries to estimate the cost, reliability and information about the unsolved problem of what to do with high-level waste.
The CSIRO has done this and found that nuclear power is by far the most expensive way of making electricity.
Studies around the world agree.
How will removing the prohibition be of any influence? Do we have to build nuclear power before we can evaluate it? How does that make any sense?
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