UK’s nuclear plant will cost nearly three times what was estimated
Tom McIlroyPolitical correspondent
Recent overseas experience suggests an Australian nuclear energy program would be vulnerable to delays and cost blowouts – the construction of Britain’s latest plant is years behind schedule and modular technology is still not commercially viable.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will not say how much his plan to build seven nuclear power stations by 2050 will cost, but promised on Thursday to release the numbers before the election.
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