Driving through Traralgon South in Victoria’s east you could be forgiven for not realising there was a coal-fired power station just a few kilometres away.
Federal Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Ted O’Brien, has outlined the two reasons why there is a business case for nuclear power in Australia.
Among the many hurdles for the Coalition to leap before it can break ground on a single nuclear site will be the state’s premiers, who have lined up against a proposal to establish nuclear power plants at seven locations across the country.
This is the concept design of a zero emissions small modular reactor. Nuclear energy has proven to get electricity prices and emissions down all over […]
Unlike fossil fuel-fired power plants, nuclear reactors do not produce air pollution or carbon dioxide while operating. However, the processes for mining and refining uranium ore and making reactor fuel all require large amounts of energy.
