Nuclear energy
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap
Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices, and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and mirrors.
- Ross Gittins
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- Opinion
- Peter Garrett
I’ve spent my life fighting nuclear. Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about his reactors
This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks: a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests – in this case fossil fuel giants.
- Peter Garrett
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Activists are spending big on pro-nuclear ads, but it’s Dutton’s silence that has Labor’s attention
An analysis of Meta’s advertising library shows the Liberals last funded a push of its nuclear power policy back in November.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump makes play for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in call with Zelensky
With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner, the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.
- Michael Koziol
Investors take aim at Coalition as nuclear debate hits boiling point
Major investors have stepped into the debate over Australia’s energy future, warning that policies to slow the shift to renewables will push up power prices.
- Nick Toscano
In the doldrums: Dutton’s anti-offshore wind agenda halts project
Offshore wind farm developer BlueFloat has paused its offshore wind project, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledges to bar the industry in most locations.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Turnbull pushes pumped hydro, even if Australia goes nuclear
The former PM, now president of the International Hydropower Association, says the energy sector remains “sceptical” about Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power.
- Cameron Atfield and Sean Parnell
- Exclusive
- Paris Agreement
‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition
The Climate Change Authority has warned a switch to nuclear would lead Australia to miss its climate target for 2030 and struggle to reach net zero by 2050.
- David Crowe
Trump’s energy chief wants Australia to go nuclear
US energy secretary Chris Wright – who claims net zero goals are “sinister” and has denied the science of climate change – welcomes Australia building reactors.
- Mike Foley
Russian drone attack damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelensky says
Radiation levels have not increased, the Ukrainian president and the UN atomic agency say.
- Reuters
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